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I wonder if my experiences match yours because I'm white.
by crawfordcomeaux 6y ago
I wonder if my experiences match yours because I'm white.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoI'd never even thought of that. Interesting. I'll have to compare notes with non-white friends.
- 082349872349872 6y agoI once lived in a bilingual area in the States. Depending upon how I was dressed, I would be greeted in either english or spanish[1] when walking into a shop. My experience was that people were more helpful (to the extent of addressing me as "paisano") in spanish. I suspect this is because when I was greeted in english, I was being greeted as an out-group[2] member. [1] hypothesis: if you have never learned to code-switch, you are probably a member of a preferred group. [2] not necessarily due to being classified as anglophone, more likely due to being classified as tourist.