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.
Eh let it go, they don’t know any better. Honestly a majority of us don’t either. Wanna see?
How many of you, off the top of your head, can clearly explain the difference between race, nationality, and ethnicity?
Uh huh, thought so.
Now let’s speak on linguistics. Are these constructs of the English language, and are there equivalences to the local language regarding these differences? Who cares if you can explain it if there is no direct translation in their own language, they’ll just never get it.