Today, it's my fourth day of my trip to the USA. I've actually started keeping count of the number of times people get confused because I was born in South Africa and yet am not black. Current count: 9. FML
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Today, I live abroad, but I was born in the USA so I'm sick of people asking me who I voted for in the last election, all while looking at me weirdly and suspiciously. FML
Today, I became the town racist for saying "black" instead of "African-American". I'm black. FML
Today, marks yet again another day that I've been asked if I'm autistic. No, that's just my Korean accent. Apparently I look "too white" to have one. FML
Today, I got back from a 3 and a half week trip to South Africa to do volunteer work with children in townships. My parents forgot to pick me up, and I had to sit there by myself and wait for them, while 80 people of the same organization got loving hugs from their proud parents. FML
Today, I checked in a group of men from Mexico. I speak just enough Spanish to realize they're discussing my breasts. I have to stand there smiling while checking in three more people. FML
Today, while meeting my boyfriend's family for the first time, the first comment I received was, "Well, at least this one is white." FML
Today, I was stuck on a campus tour with my subtly racist mother who, in an attempt to seem open-minded, deemed it appropriate to refer to our black tour guide as "Sistah". FML
Today, I, a person who will be 21 in a few months, was mistaken for my mom's older brother. My mom is in her fifties. Apparently this is becoming increasingly common, because the world sucks. I didn't realize it was affecting me this badly. FML
Today, I was mistaken for an 8th grader because of my height. I'm 32 years-old. FML
Today, I was in India. At the airport, the men and women were being searched separately. The guy welcoming us pointed me towards the women's area. I had to explain to him that I was a guy. It took 15 minutes. FML
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Nederlander95 14
I'm actually kind of surprised it's ONLY nine.
mz135 12
This reminds me of Karen from Mean Girls
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Comments (68)
MaxDopamine 0
They should all be ashamed of how ignorant they are. -_-
gracehi 33
Don't lie. White people are only ever born in Europe and North America.
Hime9908 22
God help people like you
nightbirdblue 27
God help people that can't take a joke. I hope the Lord will give you a sense of humor some day.
jessica7725 20
Some people are so ignorant.
thefmlman2011 37
THAT'S RACIST!
eureka_fml 6
Looks like the count's up to 11!
lil_miss_simran 15
people don't believe i'm indian. It happens all the time
Likian5 26
You'll find that number will grow exponentially within the next few days. I've lived here all my life and am still amazed by the amount of stupid people that I see on a daily basis.
Grandmastasexy 14
At least you can speak english unlike some other visitors we have
gracehi 33
And many of them aren't just visiting. They plan on staying forever.
PenguinBitch 44
Yes but when Americans visit other countries, they expect English as the main language.
nightbirdblue 27
I find it hilarious that anyone expects another country whose most common language is different from their own to have everything in their language for them outside of border towns, tourist areas, and international transportation areas. It is stupid to go to another country outside of those areas and expect accommodations for your lack understanding of their language and ability to speak their language. A French person should not go to Japan and expect to be talked to in French and have signs written in French. A Spanish person should not go to Russia and expect Russians to speak in perfect Spanish to them. If you intend to go to another country for an extended period of time or even move there, then you should make efforts to learn the language of that country. You are entitled and idiotic not to.
nightbirdblue 27
*double post because of poor cell service, my apologies*
jesuischauve_fml 2
Ugh. English is one of SA's official languages
nightbirdblue 27
My post was more of in general. Everyone should learn the language of a country they intend to be staying in for a prolonged period time. In this case, in may not of been an issue. We don't know if the OP is someone who learned English for travelling purposes. if they learned English as a first language, or if they learned English as an additional language for some other reason. I don't want to assume. However I applaud the OP for knowing the language most spoken by the country they travelled to.
gameover18 17
yeah sorry to here that OP. Race in america is BS.
davemcg89 6
I had a similar experience in Greece the level of ignorance re. RSA is astounding especially after 2010