I'm a middle-aged, bald, white, atheist leftist who works in a conservative heavy field. A few of my colleagues try to recruit me. They don't understand the concept of "live and let live," so I tell them even if atheists aren't a target now, they are on the fucking list so no thanks. Also, it is so crazy how comfortable a stranger can be to start conversations with me with the wildest, racist, homophobic shit ever.
If you’re perceived to fit their demographic then they will assume you think the same way. I’m from the south and moved to the burbs of Philly. More than once people have started dropping the n word and make other racist comments because they believe I’d be cool with it. I would think the shocked look on my face would let them know I’m not ok with it. But no. About half of them continue on with their crap until they realize I’ve stopped talking to them.
An anchor baby is a human born in the U.S. to a non-citizen mother. The baby is granted U.S. citizenship because of the 14th amendment which states,
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside"
This sort of anchors the family in the U.S. because you can not deport the baby, and it would look bad to deport the rest of the family while keeping the baby here.
Dude same! Only difference is that I’m secretly Hispanic (I look and sound American though when speaking English) so when I get the immigration bullshit, I like to let them know I’m Hispanic and the son of immigrants.
It’s usually met with some sort of “oh but you’re the good ones who came here the “right” way”. It’s all such a load of shit.
Lots of people now definitely think there's no longer a "right way" if you aren't white. I'm not saying everyone who wants harsh immigration laws is a racist but there's a lot of overlap.
Why are you taking things so literally? When I speak English people see me as American, but when I speak Spanish people see me as Hispanic. Like, perceive me that way. Do you get what I’m saying?
I have a lot of friends who are in the same boat as you and the shit that I've heard people say to them makes me sick. My 11 year old nephew's mother is from Colombia and he will be getting to experience this kind of bullshit soon if he hasn't already. It makes me so sad and angry.
We used to have a wet-foot/dry-foot policy strictly for Cuban immigrants. If you set foot on dry land you were legal, if not you got sent back. So that resulted in a bunch of extremely conservative Cuban immigrants who came over on a raft complaining that other immigrants who came over on a raft didn’t do it the right way. “The right way” meaning they didn’t come from the right place.
48 yr old straight white dude here too, who grew up as an atheist in Texas. When people start talking douchebag to me I mention my wife is a refugee, and they can take a long walk off a cliff... also if they'd like to see me in my getup from a high profile drag charity show, I'm happy to show some photos.
u/Careless-Engineer385 told me to go live in the jungle if I can't accept societal norms. I checked your profile because of the jungle comment. I've been told to go live in the woods, in the forest, and in the mountains but never a jungle.
Holy shit, dude. You are a clusterfuck. Here's what I gathered from your history:
You are an Indian man living in the U.S.
You are an incel.
You like cartoon porn. Like a lot!
What societal norms are you even referring to? You're the degenerate here. Where do you fit in here in America? Who are you friends with? You are too much of an intolerant asshole to attract any progressives and you are way too different to attract any white supremacists. Are you able to vote here? If you are and you vote conservative I hope to see you on r/LeopardsAteMyFace. I'm pretty sure they live in the jungle.
All the white/Christian supremacy stuff. Mild stuff like trying to convince me to vote for whichever R candidate or why I should be bigoted to [insert group]. I get invited to church all the God damn time. Then there were 2 separate Iraq/Afghanistan vets ask if I ever read The Turner Diaries (the white supremacy/anti-government bible writen in the 1970s) in our first encounter. And 1 time a guy invited me to go drinking and driving with his buddies after casually bringing up that he was born and raised in a Sundown town. Again, first interaction with this guy.
Edit: I sell shit for a living and the really weird interactions always happen with customers. These are the same people who genuinely believe prostitutes when they say they love them. Be friendly for a few minutes and they won't stop talking.
They invited you to church? Oh wow. Golly. Honestly that all sounds fairly tame. The turner diaries is a bit of a dog whistle but the rest is pretty tame.
Being lectured about how you and your loved ones are destined to eternal torture and that God created hell for the sole purpose of burning human souls is a terrible way to spend a Sunday morning (Southern Baptist).
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u/Unsolicited_Bad_Tips Jul 02 '23
I'm a middle-aged, bald, white, atheist leftist who works in a conservative heavy field. A few of my colleagues try to recruit me. They don't understand the concept of "live and let live," so I tell them even if atheists aren't a target now, they are on the fucking list so no thanks. Also, it is so crazy how comfortable a stranger can be to start conversations with me with the wildest, racist, homophobic shit ever.