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And at first, it didn’t really bother me that people thought I was American. In fact, it was a relief. I wanted to fit in, and initially, it seemed as if I had succeeded — too well. But when it happened again and again, a weird feeling crept over me. It took me a while to realize what the feeling was: defensiveness. I felt defensive because I was constantly being categorized as something I was not, and through a cultural stereotype that didn’t necessarily fit with my sense of identity. I wasn’t really fitting in at all.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 04:30:00 +0000

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