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Vent: It gets quite frustrating traveling as a nonwhite american. (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by CanalBloody@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Tired of constantly having conversations like this:

"Where are you from?"

"USA"

"But where are you really from?/But whats your nationality?/Are you actually american?... like.. full american?"

American isnt a race! American =/= white. Yes im "full american" even though im ethnically latino! If you want to know my ethnicity/race then just ask me that instead of implying im not a "real" american.

I know most people asking this arent doing so from a place of malice, but damn does it get tiring after the 100th time.

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[–] Weird_Assignment649@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Try being an Indian from the Caribbean lol

[–] rdbpdx@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

So Columbus was right!

[–] OaklandsVeryOwn@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I live in NYC most of the time and whenever I leave and meet Indo-Caribbeans I’m always surprised that OTHER people are surprised lol. One of my college roommates was Trini and her father was Indian, but Trini-born. I always forget that’s not a widely-known ethnicity.

[–] Weird_Assignment649@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The majority ethnicity in Trinidad and Tobago is Indian. And they're not a poor country nor do they have a tiny population, they've got a growing 1.5M and 700k Indian population who other than religion and race, are very much Carribbean people

[–] spotthedifferenc@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

when did they say anything going against that. also 1.5 m is a very small population