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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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[–] jamar030303@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Baltic states

Funnily enough, the two times I've been to Estonia as a Chinese American, I've never been asked like that. Everyone who's asked has pretty much accepted the response of "I'm American".

[–] 6AMDxGMxCrypto9@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I mean it’s really easy to tell if you’re Chinese American vs Chinese. Coming from a Korean American lol. Now a red blooded white liberal in sf or nyc would want your ancestors background to a T whilst the country bumpkins would assume we’re all the same