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Eh, I visited Europe and the first question everyone asked me: "Where are you from?" It was unanimous. In the US, I usually hear "Where do you work?" or less
by hospitalJail 3y ago
Eh, I visited Europe and the first question everyone asked me:
"Where are you from?"
It was unanimous.
In the US, I usually hear "Where do you work?" or lesser: "What are your Hobbies?"
The US judges people on how much money they make, primarily. I've heard in Europe you are judged based on your position. In Japan, based on where you are on the ladder.
When I went to Mexico, I stuck out like a sore thumb. There was no hiding I was an outsider. In the US, you could not figure out if someone has lived next to you for 10 years based on their ability to speak english, let alone skin color.
I wouldn't confuse people with good intentions with racism. I think in the future, we will have something like this, but more income oriented.
- WesolyKubeczek 3y agoI don’t think that “Where are you from?” has anything more in it than a conversation piece. Some people like traveling, you know, and share experiences. But I’m European myself, so dunno. But the megaphones of anti-racism keep wielding the concept of race itself as a sword, they just think that since they are the good guys, nothing could possibly go wrong. I don’t think there’s good physiognomics or bad physiognomics, is all. The whole thing is flawed. If you keep sitting on “race, race, race” all the time, no matter the intentions, instead of canning the whole concept as a harmful curiosity from the past which we don’t use anymore, you’re just going to promote it and get people to stay in the same freaking framework that enabled all sorts of crimes against humanity.