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

Japanese overall are some of the kindest, most polite people you’ll encounter.

Most people just say Polite.

It's not as much a warm kindness, as much as a polite presentation.

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

Absolutely. There's a politeness you feel when out and about in public in Japan, but Japanese people can actually act pretty coldly to you as a foreign tourist.