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.
I’ve noticed while traveling that a lot of places are not as racially/ethnically diverse as the USA. (At least the coastal parts of the US) Japan, for instance, only has 2.3% of its population made up of foreign residents.
People tend to think other societies are like their own, so if you are somewhere without much racial/ethnic diversity, this may play a role.