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In a subway car, my skin would typically fall in the middle of the color spectrum. on street corners, tourists would ask me for directions. i was, in four and a half years, never an american; i was immediately a new yorker.
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In A Subway Car, My Skin Would

Mohsin Hamid
In a subway car, my skin would typically fall in the middle of the color spectrum. on street corners, tourists would ask me for directions. i was, in four and a half years, never an american; i was immediately a new yorker.
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