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.
Funnily enough, the two times I’ve been to Estonia as a Chinese American, I’ve never been asked like that. Everyone who’s asked has pretty much accepted the response of “I’m American”.
I mean it’s really easy to tell if you’re Chinese American vs Chinese. Coming from a Korean American lol. Now a red blooded white liberal in sf or nyc would want your ancestors background to a T whilst the country bumpkins would assume we’re all the same