Not from around here

Submitted by Dave O'Brien (United States), Mar 31, 2013 at 08:38

Living outside the US during formative childhood years has shaped his view of the world. He is what is known as a "third culture" kid, whose affinities very often exclude the passport country of parents. Many of these American third culture kids absorb the anti-American attitudes of their childhood playmates. America, as the "great Satan" would have been part of his experience in Indonesia.

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