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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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[–] OperationClippy@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (47 children)

After getting back from Thailand I realized America is very different in some regards. There are a lot of countries you can move to and become a citizen but the people wont ever see you are truly one of them. For example, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Sweden, Norway are all great places to live but you wont really become “one of them”. In America and Canada if you are a citizen you are seen as one of us waaaaay more so than almost anywhere in the world, this makes us stop at “im american” or “im canadian” because we accept it but other places just see things differently culturally l.

[–] Rustykilo@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (23 children)

Yup this is why I always tell people. If you want to migrate move to the US. I have a friend who are Asian but became German. The Germans never see him as one of them. He said he will always an outsider.

[–] Acceptable-Amount-14@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (22 children)

I have a friend who are Asian but became German

He didn't became german, he got german citizenship.

German is a nationality and an ethnicity that goes back thousands of years. You don't magically become a german because you live there 7 years.

[–] Higginsniggins@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This mentality is why everyone wants to move to America and America leads the world in innovation.

[–] Acceptable-Amount-14@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good luck keeping America together once it is no longer a majority white country. It will break apart.

Rome did the same. Look into the later stage emperors and how the army got increasingly multicultural until basically the army was made up of germanics who then decided, hey, who are we protecting.

[–] Upper-Football-3797@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Lol, multiculturalism ruins societies? Better tell those idiot backwards Singaporeans and their nasty multicultural society.

[–] TreatedBest@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Cool, now let me execute weed dealers in America too. You better not complain or that's hypocritical

[–] Acceptable-Amount-14@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Singapore is majority han-chinese with a miniscule muslim population.

It's also a defacto dictatorship.

[–] TreatedBest@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then don't complain about the school shootings and white nationalists and everything else that comes with a low trust society, since you're taking a very nationalistic view there already

[–] bushwickauslaender@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

The school shootings and white nationalism are not because they're more open to immigrants, otherwise Canada would be a failed state at this point and Toronto would have a homicide rate that puts Central America to shame.

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