(March 19, 2018 at 11:26 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(March 19, 2018 at 4:52 am)shadow Wrote: Hehe... I'm in Europe right now, and sometimes people assume I'm American. I'm always like, NOOOOOO I'M CANADIAN, DON'T ASSOCIATE ME WITH AMERICA I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. And then the people will always look considerably relieved and start treating me more nicely. It's kind of sad actually.
...This is the same type of bigotry though. Not from you, but from people treating you better than they otherwise would if you were American.
I know... because if I lived a few kilometers to the south I'd be an American. So like that's a good measure.
I think people are just scared with whole Trump thing happening in the States. Since he's loudly representing the whole USA, despite very high disapproval ratings, people associate America with his 'America First' policies and beliefs, which are obviously not very attractive to outsiders.
It's silly, though, because there are hundreds of millions of Americans who are great and thoughtful people. Again, why racial prejudice is not just extremely unfair to individuals, but also highly inaccurate.
