Professor Lin Wan-i notes that the recent anti-Middle Eastern xenephobia stemming from the US-Iraq War and the experience of Japanese war brides in the US immediately following World War II both illustrate that foreign spouses cannot completely preserve the culture of their mother country, neither is it easy for them to blend into the local society.
林萬億指出，從過去二次大戰期間日裔美人被關入集中營，以及最近九一一事件後，中東人士在美國處境艱困的經驗顯示，外籍配偶不可能完全保留母國文化，但也很難融入當地社會。