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Vent: It gets quite frustrating traveling as a nonwhite american. (alien.top)
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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 1 year ago (1 children)

This is peak 2023 first world problem tbh

If a random white boy like Elon Musk shows up saying "I'm African-American," you know what your first thought would be too

[–] skylark178@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, you probably need a little help. Elon Musk is South African. If he ever identified with the American hyphen, he would be South African-American. See that ‘South’ makes a difference. Also, we all know South Africa has White people, right? Otherwise, why do we know South Africa for their former Apartheid state?