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Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why do many Americans seem to racially stereotype other Americans solely based on their appearance?2·22 hours agoThis isn’t just an American thing. People get stereotyped all over the world. I’ve experienced a lot of it myself as a racially ambiguous person in New Zealand, Britain, Australia and America. Anywhere where people can tell the difference between different types of people people will start stereotyping and categorising.
As I’ve already brought up I’m pretty much an ethnic chameleon. Throughout my time I’ve been mistaken for a Latina, a black girl, an Arab, a dark skinned Asian and an Indian so I do have experience with what it’s like to be perceived as different groups. I’ve even been mistaken by other people in those groups.
When I was perceived as Asian I was very fetishized. A lot of people assumed I was a prostitute of some sort or a mail order bride. Same as Latina. Latin people are very fetishized so I would meet a lot of guys desperate to make their Latina fantasy come true. Some even asked me to speak in a Spanish accent for them. It was cringe but I had to take what I could get. /°~°/ When people thought of me as an Arab they would ask me why I wasn’t wearing a hijab or acting like a typical Muslim. As if all Arabs are Muslims. If not that then they would give me speeches about how hard it must be to be a liberated woman. There was also a brief time I cut my hair short for a play I was in and people through I was a lesbian so they would ask me questions about ‘what was it like to be a Muslim lesbian’ and ‘if my parents still talked to me’.
I see where you’re coming from. In America it isn’t necessarily racial hatred more just tribalism. As someone who doesn’t belong to one group this is very inconvenient to say the least. It’s better in other countries like Australia or Britian. Over there I was never singled out for having dark skin or for not being visibly white.
Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Ex-police chief and convicted killer who escaped from an Arkansas jail has been captured21·3 days agoI have been noticing a lot of prison escapes recently.
Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What was the strangest reason you got in trouble in school?121·5 days agoNice to see somebody practicing the ancient tradition.
Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What was the strangest reason you got in trouble in school?51·5 days agoDid you only get in trouble with her? Surely a higher up would have been like “B1tch, that’s your job”
Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What was the strangest reason you got in trouble in school?41·5 days agoR u British by any chance?
Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Gamers, what do you think of the Trevor Philips character ?11·5 days agoLove him. He’s got to be my favourite character in all of GTA.
Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is something only old people say?21·5 days ago“Yes I remember vine”
Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldto Movies@lemmy.world•Scarlett Johansson brings 50th season of 'SNL' to a low-key closeEnglish1·7 days agoDo people still watch SNL?
Butt ones as this isn’t Australia, lol. It wasn’t until I was older myself I realized that thong had a different meaning around the world. I remember as a kid taking trips to Australia people used to always call things “thongs” and thought anything of it. As a New Zealander they’ll always be Jandals to me.
That’s oddly sweet.
Yeah sure dude, you totally did it cuz it was funny.
Same here. There not my favourite but there not as bad as people make them out to be. I mostly wear them as men like them. I did a music video a few years back as a backup dancer and I woar one underneath some sweatpants. Maybe it’s because I have histrionic personality disorder but I like to look sexy. Not like a hooker or a stripper but more in a seductive way like a belly dancer or a show girl.
Thongs aren’t uncomfortable
Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldto memes@lemmy.world•I looked it up. I struggle to live not as well as a Norwegian prisoner.1·20 days agoI would say Russia or maybe Theiland. Those countries really punish criminals so you wouldn’t want to be seen dead doing something illegal in those countries.
Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldto Movies@lemmy.world•Who is an actor or two that will immediately pull you into seeing a movie?English11·20 days agoAnna Karina and Christian Bale do it for me.
Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldto memes@lemmy.world•I looked it up. I struggle to live not as well as a Norwegian prisoner.11·20 days agoThe Norwegian justice system is far too lenient. In Norway you can get convicted of murder and be out in just five years and plus those prisons are very expensive to maintain and they all come that the taxpayers expense.
Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldto memes@lemmy.world•I looked it up. I struggle to live not as well as a Norwegian prisoner.2·20 days agoPretty much this. According to Varg Vikernes Norwegian prisons are mostly filled with crazy people.
Had my IQ tested a while back and it turns out my IQ is 139. I did ok in school and that’s about it.
Being old doesn’t make you good at adulting.