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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] SalusPopuliSupremaLe@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for admitting that and growing.

[–] JETinVI@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Fortunately, I had been exposed to progressive ideas for a long enough time to see that I was unintentionally adhering to racist ideas.

If you asked me in my day to day life I would have said that of course I accept everyone. I wasn't even aware that I had learned these attitudes about people.

I can only guess that it was something taught to me at an age that was before I knew that those ideas were wrong.