i grew up pretty confused by italian-american stereotypes bc actually they're sicilian-american stereotypes but neither they nor other americans are aware of the distinctionhttps://twitter.com/Logo_Daedalus/status/1208067022220922880 …
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that makes sense! do you find a weird disconnect when you meet Chinese people? (i think The Farewell was the only exposure i've had to what that disconnect might be, and it was actually intensely familiar despite my drastically different heritage)
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Yes for sure! In college I spent a semester in Asia trying to focus on the identity thing in a different frame—discovered that I’m conclusively an *American* person no matter how much I study my parents’ history/language
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Also I caught you mid-thread here but these are really interesting new data points for me to digest re: Italian Americans! Would love more anecdotes in the future + to see similar threads disambiguating e.g. Chinese provincial stereotypes, African national/regional differences
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i'm glad!! i'm also super curious about stereotypes outside of vs within cultures
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