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

submitted 10 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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[–] CanalBloody@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Actually every single country has ethnic minorities. Even if this wasnt the case, its not hard to realize that its possible/common for this to happen. This still even happens in countries with large ethnic minority populations.

[–] sd_slate@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Most countries have an identity as being a single people / culture and aren't obsessed about being mylti-ethnic like the US. You're taking your America centric views and applying it to the world when most of the world just doesn't think that way.