I love the Bangladeshi people. One of my favorite things about them is their hospitality to foreigners. I think they really show up Americans in this regard. When I was in Bangladesh, I was very willingly welcomed in people's home I did not know very well just because I was a foreigner. And not only was I welcomed, I was fed with their very best--some things that they would not even eat by themselves. Also they would always tell me that if I ever needed anything that I could call them.
I think in America we tend to not trust foreigners, somehow believing them to be illegal or thinking that they are trying to use us (even though we would never articulate this sentiment). Regardless of the reason, we do not feel it necessary to improve the lives of the innocent foreigners in the US who do not speak the language and simply need people to look out for them. This convicts me even writing this. I hope to learn from the Bangladeshi example and treat foreigners here how I have been treated.
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