I think it’s difficult for some cultures to understand that..
I used to travel with a friend who is Mexican American. No one knew what that meant. While we were staying in Cyprus people thought Mexican American meant Mexican, and didn’t understand that Mexican people can be American. This type of mentality was common during our travels.
I think that it’s difficult for some people to relate that haven’t spent time in or are not from settler states like America.
America is a more difficult country to get in due to our visa laws as well as the cost of everything here compared to other places in the world. I used to have a friend who was polish who told me they had been applying to get into America simply to visit for years. They kept on being denied to come in. A lot of people can’t get a visa just to visit this country.
Many people have ideas about what this country is like based on pop culture and tv/movies. Only until very recently has there been a push in America to have characters played by POC actors. American culture is inherently racist. This idea has only very recently been addressed and questioned in mainstream media.
A lot if people outside of America have a difficult time understanding what it is like in America. A big reason is because of the way America is publicized all over the world with our pop culture. If you watch international news (France 24, Al Jazeera , DW, NHK), when there is a story about America the visual is almost always Congress. If this was my window to America I would think that America is a bunch of older white gentlemen who are obsessed with flags.
America is separated from most of the other continents by a big body of water. I can think of many reasons why it could blow someone’s mind that Latin ppl can be American.
I think it’s really fantastic that you can be an ambassador for America and have the opportunity to educate people on how America really is outside of pop culture and the news. There are so many parts of American culture which make up the backbone of America that other cultures would have a difficult time understanding exist. It’s so awesome that just by being you and living your life you are showing other cultures something really authentic and genuine about ours.
I think it’s difficult for some cultures to understand that..
I used to travel with a friend who is Mexican American. No one knew what that meant. While we were staying in Cyprus people thought Mexican American meant Mexican, and didn’t understand that Mexican people can be American. This type of mentality was common during our travels.
I think that it’s difficult for some people to relate that haven’t spent time in or are not from settler states like America.
America is a more difficult country to get in due to our visa laws as well as the cost of everything here compared to other places in the world. I used to have a friend who was polish who told me they had been applying to get into America simply to visit for years. They kept on being denied to come in. A lot of people can’t get a visa just to visit this country.
Many people have ideas about what this country is like based on pop culture and tv/movies. Only until very recently has there been a push in America to have characters played by POC actors. American culture is inherently racist. This idea has only very recently been addressed and questioned in mainstream media.
A lot if people outside of America have a difficult time understanding what it is like in America. A big reason is because of the way America is publicized all over the world with our pop culture. If you watch international news (France 24, Al Jazeera , DW, NHK), when there is a story about America the visual is almost always Congress. If this was my window to America I would think that America is a bunch of older white gentlemen who are obsessed with flags.
America is separated from most of the other continents by a big body of water. I can think of many reasons why it could blow someone’s mind that Latin ppl can be American.
I think it’s really fantastic that you can be an ambassador for America and have the opportunity to educate people on how America really is outside of pop culture and the news. There are so many parts of American culture which make up the backbone of America that other cultures would have a difficult time understanding exist. It’s so awesome that just by being you and living your life you are showing other cultures something really authentic and genuine about ours.
Safe travels!