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

Can you just be like, "I'm from America but my family is from Latin America (or wherever)"? That seems like it'd clear up the confusion.

Also I guess it's kind of cool that America is diverse, but a lot of countries aren't like that. Like if you're "Japanese" then you're both ethnically Japanese and living in Japan, 99% of the time. So it's kind of a cool / interesting thing about America I guess? Maybe an opportunity to help people learn about a different part of the world?