I’m talking about after going through borders and I put away the US Passport…
And the average everyday people ask me “where are you from?”
Like if the place has anti-American sentinments, could I just pretend to be… not American…
cuz you know… the US has been getting a bad rap recently due to ahem a certain person in Capitol Hill…
Like most people in the world falsely assume “American” = “White” anyways…
They’d never suspect a thing… would they?
I can speak Cantonese and Mandarin… I can try faking a Chinese person’s accent when speaking English. Or pretend to be a Hong Konger (via the Cantonese). Or pretend to be Taiwanese (most people can’t tell the difference between the sound of Mainland Mandarin vs Taiwan Mandarin).
I heard that there are people who hate Chinese tourists… so is this actually gonna backfire?
But then again, I might also get hit with the double-whammy of “looking Chinese” while “acting like an American”.
So this is basically like code switching… but with national identity…
Is this morally okay? Or am I like crossing some ethical line here? Is this like the “cultural appropriation” thing where it’s inappropriate to do?
You are good as long as you don’t act like you own the world, or like a Karen with a maga hat.
Most people in the world don’t hate Americans, they hate trump and his cronies.
You can expect comments or be asked about trump, ICE, the war and politics if you get recognised as an American.
I don’t know what you should do if you are going near: Iran, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Cuba…
In Cuba they are rather friendly towards Chinese.
Source: had a fling with a Chinese girl in Cuba.
Also - we’re aware that the worst idiots are not likely to travel.
Except to Ireland for St Patrick’s day
Luckily that won’t be an issue for another 362 days.