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I grew up in a country with absolutely no foreigners. I think I saw people speaking a different language like 3 times ever (I mean, outside the Internet or TV).
by dyingkneepad 6y ago
I grew up in a country with absolutely no foreigners. I think I saw people speaking a different language like 3 times ever (I mean, outside the Internet or TV). I had all these opinions and ideas about how people from other countries were. Not big prejudices, but I started losing them when:
- When I traveled outside my country for the first time and saw foreigners.
- Then when I started working for an international company, full of Americans, Chinese, Indians and Europeans. I met them in person, talked to them and realized they are mostly people who want to have a honest job and support their families, grow up in their careers, etc. Yes, there are differences, but we're way more alike than different.
- Then I moved to the USA and it killed a few more prejudices I had.
What I realized is that I hate a lot of governments, not the people those governments govern.