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Joseph In Genesis, Egypt
There is the dominant culture and there are the others. For example, in the story of Joseph in Genesis, Egypt was the dominant culture and the fledgling children of Israel were the others, the aliens. When we in the dominant culture are taught the Bible story of Joseph, we are taught the virtue of faith and perseverance in the face of insurmountable odds. As an alien in a powerful country, Latino readers identify with the oppressed alien, falsely accused and unjustly jailed. This happens. This happens here today. Aliens can identify much more strongly with Joseph than ... I can. An alien in a powerful country can identify with Joseph much more personally than a member of the dominant culture. Have you ever heard a sermon on Joseph preached
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