As surprising to him as it is for
"But the new immigrant from the tropics knew no winter, and the home he left was a hut in which you slept but around which you lived with your family. The hut was the center of his day’s activities, not their limit. To
come to a tenement, to need heat, to need glass in your windows, to be frowned on for tending to live beyond your doors—this was all contrary to the Puerto Rican’s traditional habits, and as surprising to him as it is for the New Yorker to realize that for any immigrants these basic assumptions of his life should be surprising." (Ivan Illich, Celebration of Awareness)
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Puerto Rican immigrants who come to New York are surprised that the traditional habits of New Yorkers are not the same as the traditional habits of Puerto Ricans. New Yorkers are equally surprised that Puerto Rican immigrants are surprised by this. That's because New Yorkers think that the Puerto Rican immigrants have the same traditional habits that New Yorkers have.
- Puerto Rican immigrants who come to New York are surprised that the traditional habits of New Yorkers are not the same as the traditional habits of Puerto Ricans.
- New Yorkers are equally surprised that Puerto Rican immigrants are surprised by this.
- That's because New Yorkers think that the Puerto Rican immigrants have the same traditional habits that New Yorkers have.
- Both the Puerto Ricans and the New Yorkers have misunderstandings about the others' traditional habits.
- This leads to surprises in both directions.
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Puerto Rican immigrants who come to New York are surprised that the traditional habits of New Yorkers are not the same as the traditional habits of Puerto Ricans.
New Yorkers are equally surprised that Puerto Rican immigrants are surprised by this. That's because New Yorkers think that the Puerto Rican immigrants have the same traditional habits that New Yorkers have.
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