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I moved to the US in 1992 at the age of 9. It took me more than a decade to feel like an American. To feel like I belonged. Took just a few racist comments from
by kelukelugames 11y ago
I moved to the US in 1992 at the age of 9. It took me more than a decade to feel like an American. To feel like I belonged. Took just a few racist comments from my co workers to take that feeling away. Yup, probationary American at best.
- zhemao 11y agoThat really sucks, dude. I'm sorry your coworkers are such assholes. My situation was similar. I came to the US in '94 when I was 3 years old. Being one of very few Asian kids in mostly White schools was not fun. But thankfully, I haven't personally experienced any overt racism since graduating from high school.
- kelukelugames 11y agoThanks for the support. :) The sad part is most of them are nice people. They just lack life experience. It's almost comical. One guy got offended when heard that a black director made a movie called "Dear White People". :/
- potatolicious 11y agoSimilar story for me here (8 years-old, 1994), but the sad thing is maybe his coworkers weren't trying to be assholes. It doesn't even take something particularly racist to really bring things to a distilled clarity - it's not that they hate you or hate your race, but the realization that no matter what you do, what beer you drink, what work you do, what organizations you work with, where you live, or anything else, they will never see you as an authentic American. (or in my case, Canadian, bah details) That's the part that stings the most, not the vicious racists spewing hate at me, but the knowledge that everyday, reasonable people will never fully accept me as an authentic Canadian, and they see no problem with it.