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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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[–] DryDependent6854@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I’ve noticed while traveling that a lot of places are not as racially/ethnically diverse as the USA. (At least the coastal parts of the US) Japan, for instance, only has 2.3% of its population made up of foreign residents.

People tend to think other societies are like their own, so if you are somewhere without much racial/ethnic diversity, this may play a role.