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 wonder if this has to do with old vs new world. North Americans don’t have the history like those in European and Asian countries.
So many are immigrants to the US/Canada that it’s accepted that many of us look different. Old world countries on the other hand, more or less look the same. Perhaps through centuries of closed or xenophobic immigration policies.