foreignness
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Supreme Court historically used Asian Americans’ supposedly implacable foreignness to justify greater, institutionally enforced apartness.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
In a blistering review, critic Sowmya Rajendran slammed the film as "generic, exhausting and offensive," saying it hides tired cliches behind an "exotic" Kerala setting and a score that overplays the land's "foreignness."
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025
Still, indigenous spirits and ancestors were worshipped as well, coexisting alongside the Indian imports whose foreignness faded slowly over the centuries.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The product took a different path in the U.S. by downplaying foreignness and fashion and by becoming an ordinary American food.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2021
I note what the girls my age are wearing and the style of their hair and the subject of their conversations, and I work hard to banish my foreignness, to make friends, to fit in.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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