hasenj > You seem to have a hard time understanding why being an immigrant or not from a majority group might be hard. While you say you aren't white, do you h

hasenj > You seem to have a hard time understanding why being an immigrant or not from a majority group might be hard. While you say you aren't white, do you have any cultural habits that people from White European backgrounds might find abhorrent, disgusting, or icky? Perhaps something that is difficult to explain? Do you want to explain away every cultural practice in a country that you've never been to? I can think of a million reasons why one would not want to explain or talk about about cultural issues about a country they are originally from (if there is only one country in question). The best way is to avoid letting it become a topic of conversation. This isn't "cowardice", it's avoiding a boring, useless (and potentially offensive) conversation.