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.
Thank you for admitting that and growing.
Fortunately, I had been exposed to progressive ideas for a long enough time to see that I was unintentionally adhering to racist ideas.
If you asked me in my day to day life I would have said that of course I accept everyone. I wasn’t even aware that I had learned these attitudes about people.
I can only guess that it was something taught to me at an age that was before I knew that those ideas were wrong.