Nah, nah...you were pretty clear. You actually specifically said in your original comment that you were talking about the notion of individual people owing reperations, socially or otherwise. I just missed it because as an American living in australia, I constantly get to hear about certain issues being the fault of Americans, when there's this entire parallel of similar issues that are happening in Australia & has absolutely nothing to do with America.
It's just so fucking exhausting being constantly asked about it & confronted about it just because of my accent.
One of my close friends here is American and I've noticed that she is really careful about certain things. She seems hyper aware of the American stereotypes and obviously bends over backwards to not be one.
She is such a lovely person, really would do anything for anyone, and she is religious but literally never mentions it, to the point where if someone ask her to meet on Sunday morning she will just say "I have a hobby that I do so can't meet until 12".
I had only known her for 6 weeks when I had my first child and, totally unprompted, she came over with freshly made food and cleaned my bathroom. I didn't even realise she was doing it until she had almost finished. I told her she shouldn't have and she said "you don't have any family here, so someone needs to do these things". Then she went home and left me to sleep.
You honestly couldn't meet a nicer person and it's such a shame that she gets so much shit. I wasn't aware of how deeply embedded that awful American stereotype is until I met her. It follows her everywhere.
That's a really nice story & she sounds like a lovely friend. It doesn't have anything to do with being American though lol. American people are just people at the end of the day, just like the British, just like the Aussies. Some of them are fantastic, lovely friends. Some of them are fucking assholes.
I've personally made peace with being an American living abroad. I dislike the things that are associated with my country, but it's also not my job to be an emissary of an entire nation with non homogeneous views, and explain it to other people. I've literally been asked WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS at the grocery store.
I told that person I fucking love school shootings & me & my friends have a secret high five we call the sandy hook.
Should white people pay reperations?
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Nah, nah...you were pretty clear. You actually specifically said in your original comment that you were talking about the notion of individual people owing reperations, socially or otherwise. I just missed it because as an American living in australia, I constantly get to hear about certain issues being the fault of Americans, when there's this entire parallel of similar issues that are happening in Australia & has absolutely nothing to do with America.
It's just so fucking exhausting being constantly asked about it & confronted about it just because of my accent.
So triggered
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One of my close friends here is American and I've noticed that she is really careful about certain things. She seems hyper aware of the American stereotypes and obviously bends over backwards to not be one.
She is such a lovely person, really would do anything for anyone, and she is religious but literally never mentions it, to the point where if someone ask her to meet on Sunday morning she will just say "I have a hobby that I do so can't meet until 12".
I had only known her for 6 weeks when I had my first child and, totally unprompted, she came over with freshly made food and cleaned my bathroom. I didn't even realise she was doing it until she had almost finished. I told her she shouldn't have and she said "you don't have any family here, so someone needs to do these things". Then she went home and left me to sleep.
You honestly couldn't meet a nicer person and it's such a shame that she gets so much shit. I wasn't aware of how deeply embedded that awful American stereotype is until I met her. It follows her everywhere.
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That's a really nice story & she sounds like a lovely friend. It doesn't have anything to do with being American though lol. American people are just people at the end of the day, just like the British, just like the Aussies. Some of them are fantastic, lovely friends. Some of them are fucking assholes.
I've personally made peace with being an American living abroad. I dislike the things that are associated with my country, but it's also not my job to be an emissary of an entire nation with non homogeneous views, and explain it to other people. I've literally been asked WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS at the grocery store.
I told that person I fucking love school shootings & me & my friends have a secret high five we call the sandy hook.