Grand Forks, North Dakota: After the fire, the patrons of Juba Coffee and Restaurant gathered behind yellow police tape and mourned the charred remains of a place they called their own. Dressed in hijabs and tunics and speaking their native language, the Somali refugees said they'd long been comfortable in this overwhelmingly white, Protestant city. But now they were upset and frightened. "We cannot let them see us angry," the owner, Abdulaziz Moallin, 36, told his fellow Somalis after the December 8 fire. "We have to be sure they see us as good neighbours. Let's not try to blame anyone." The advice was difficult to follow. The fire, which erupted when someone...
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