An Immigration Anecdote
Last summer, Dan and Yukiko Murray visited our house while on a brief trip to the United States. Haley and Yukiko were having a conversation about obtaining a driver’s license in Japan, and Yukiko produced hers as she explained the process.
Haley looked at the intricately adorned card and inspected the Japanese characters below Yukiko’s picture.
“Is this where it tells the person’s eye and hair color?” Haley asked.
“Um…they’re all the same,” replied Yukiko.
I had never really thought about that before. Every Japanese citizen has the same hair and eye color. What if the United States were like that? What would the authorities print a driver’s license? While it might save on ink at the DMV, I just can’t get my mind around the idea of living in a country like that.
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