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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Replying to @choosy_mom
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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it's such a weird dynamic imo, like it bonds Americans in a way that i assume doesn't happen as much elsewhere, but it's also alienating when we have this narrative that says we're more connected to our roots than we are :(
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