Thread: ''What happened''

Originally Posted by Marcus

And what about other people? I ask because I'm not very white.

This is funny. White, black and not very white I think the attitude is the same when your English is understandable.

Originally Posted by Marcus

And what about other people? I ask because I'm not very white.

Originally Posted by Lena.from.Russia

This is funny. White, black and not very white I think the attitude is the same when your English is understandable.

Lena, Hanna is correct about white, black, not very white... but it is even worse in the States. If you are Hispanic and don't speak English very well OR you speak it well but with an accent, many Americans ASSUME you are stupid. However, if you are white and don't speak English very well and have a "cool" accent, people will not think that. Americans love cool accents and white or light skin people. We are shallow.

Marcus, there is good news... the white skin is changing to a "what are you?" mixture. If you are a mixture of races and somewhat light skinned and people can't tell exactly what you are... are you white Hispanic, Italian, European??? What are you?? A multi-ethnic person AND on the light or a little brown, then you have it made right now. So, you dear Marcus, you might be an "it" person in the States right now.

The problem with being a mutli-ethnic person though, is that no one race will claim you. Sadly, you are not enough of one thing to be able to fit in.