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John Florez: It's time to stop viewing world with tinted lenses

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Tom Durrant | 4:25 p.m. April 14, 2008

Stereotypes can indeed be annoying, but it can be funny too. While on an LDS mission to Ireland I was regularly asked for directions in supermarkets. Being of Irish/English/Scottish descent and wearing a dark suit with a name tag apparently marked me as an assistant manager. People got pretty embarrassed when I opened my mouth to give my best guess as to where the soup was and they realized I was an American.

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