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My (young, bald, very white) professor in college was in China when that happened. He got a call while in his hotel room from a friend telling him to stay insid

My (young, bald, very white) professor in college was in China when that happened. He got a call while in his hotel room from a friend telling him to stay inside, so naturally he ran outside to see what was going on. As soon as he got out the door and found out from a very large crowd of very angry people, he said he threw his hands up in the air and yelled "I'm Canadian!" and promptly returned to his room as quickly as he could. I always get a bit of a sad chuckle that we Americans tend to default to that whenever confronted abroad.

reaperducer 5y ago
I had a similar experience in Salzburg in the first few days after the first Iraq War started. Lots an anti-American banners, a few even hung on churches. Couldn't get a table at a restaurant anywhere, tipped off by my accent, I expect. Lots of ugly talk from the tour guide before he finally decided he didn't want to take money from Americans anymore and kicked me and my wife out of the tour group. Took my wife and my money back to Vienna, flew out, and never went to Austria again.