Wednesday, October 18, 2006,10/18/2006 04:49:00 AM
What does an American look like?
This post is not meant to convey a "we-are-better-than-they-are" attitude. As my trip-friend Kate wisely observed, "It makes sense for Japanese to celebrate their homogenity because that's their reality, and it makes sense for us to celebrate our diversity because that's our reality."

Some of these will be easy to identify -- Alan Iverson, for example, who by the way passed me in the Tokyo airport; I actually held the door open for him though I didn't know who it was until someone told me later -- but some of these faces will be new to my students. See if you can identify the unfamiliar faces to get your name on my IOU Candy/extra credit list. Hint: Probably most of faces you don't know are current or past members of the federal government.