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

So you agree Elon Musk is the world's most successful African-American?

[–] Warum208@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Sure? Relevant why?

The dude is obviously disliked by many people for various of reasons and even then I have never seen anyone say: "Well, he isn't real American, he isn't one of us, he is just a migrant and his kids also will never be American because they don't have our hundreds years of history through our magical blood". Because Americans don't really do that.

Maybe you are referencing someone who said that, and I missed it, but the issue with picking a celebrity is that you will find just about everything being said about them.

Still, for an average white dude like you and me, it would be no problem to migrate to the US and be considered American after we get citizenship and our kids who are born there would definitely have no problem being considered American.

That's kind of what the whole thread is about.