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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not dissimilar, as far as i can tell, to the experience americans who immigrated from africa have when confronted with stereotypes of african-americans
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Replying to @goblinodds
Same is true of Latin Americans (usually assumed to be Mexican) and Asian Americans (assumed ‘Asian’ or sometimes assumed to be Chinese) When confronted with a lot of diversity, we tend to flatten and generalize other people’s background and experiences
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yes!! americans in general think of ourselves as v connected to our heritage but people actually from our "home" countries are like............ lol what, no. i'm curious how this plays out for various groups
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as a Chinese American, I’d say my life at home differs significantly from Korean or Vietnamese or Filipino Americans, esp wrt food, language, and holidays/traditions However our experiences in outside Western society are quite similar, since we are mostly perceived the same
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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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Replying to @choosy_mom
i'm glad!! i'm also super curious about stereotypes outside of vs within cultures
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