yeah this country is extremely good at stripping you of your culture and heritage and leaving a large gaping void in its wake
I think this explains the popularity of “Boston” as a movie genre.
I can’t remember who tweeted this but someone once observed that the most right wing person you’ll ever meet is a Latino dude named like Kevin Gonzalez
And it really does hurt. Speaking as a white guy. Having to construct your own sense of a cultural identity of any kind from scratch is not pleasant! Which isn’t an excuse for going fascist, but it is understandable why people are desperate to feel like they Belong To A Group and Have A Culture.
that has basically been the experience afaict with my family lol
::anaking/padme meme:: "To be filled with civic nationalism, right?" "Right?"
And, secondarily, commecial/commoditizing the process of rediscovery in attempt to full the void
well if you don’t have this void to fill how do we sell you all these products to fill it
dice el hombre que se esta follando a una chica blanca
I had a coworker from south america who presented with an illness that is extremely uncommon outside of white people and the doctor argued with her that she couldnt have it because she was not white. This blue eyed white woman had to repeatedly argue with him to explain that she was in fact white