Gran Torino For The Food Culture Assignment

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I watched Gran Torino for the Food Culture Film assignment. I visited the Tehran Market in Santa Monica for the Ethnic Market assignment. I was at the market for about 40 minutes and 10-12 shoppers came in during that time. Only three were American. The rest of the customers were Persian and spoke to the Persian staff in Farsi. For the first 15 minutes, no one acknowledged me (and the store is small compared to a conventional grocery store). Even when I was standing at the meat counter and made eye contact several times with the butcher, they did not come over so I continued walking around the store. I did not take it personally but I wanted them to know I liked the market. I broke the ice by telling the staff about the project and how impressed

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