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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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invisibleunicorn 7
My camp counselor said it was like that ?
yathatsucks 3
How do you know about fml you don't even have water how do u have internet
therealjc_fml 14
Only 9?!
Imareth 10
As someone else said, people in all countries have odd misconceptions about people/lifestyles in other countries. (Granted, this is -quite- a misconception, heh.) But still, it's not as though your holiday is ruined by educating some people about your homeland.
fantasyworld 39
Charlize Theron is from Africa.
Nickoli42 3
Ha! We Yankees can be dumb sometimes. sorry!
RandomRaveDude 10
I know the feel dude. Nobody, out of all the people I've ever met, actually believed that I'm mexican.
KayleeFrye 39
Yes, welcome to the USA. There are lots of stupid people here. I sincerely hope that you will not judge all Americans by the ignorance of a few. Enjoy the rest of your visit!
Sage83_fml 0
Did you not get the "Living in huts" thing yet, or "Lions roam the streets"? I am also a Caucasean South African. Lol.
Aly77 4
Some people also think elephants and lions etc roam the streets and chill in our backyards