I am an Asian American guy in his 20s who was born and raised in Memphis, TN. Anyway, for some reason, I've never felt comfortable here...I always get the sense that Southern people really don't like anyone that's not White or Black and Christian...also, people seem to assume I'm a foreigner who just got off the boat two days ago. When I went to school in Philadelphia, I never felt out of place or odd, but when I come home, I really do feel like there's a lot of discrimination. I'm not sure if I'm just more sensitive to it bc of the South's history of being overtly racist and bigoted or if it's actually more real down here. I know people are racist everywhere, but I just sense it a lot more here. Why is that? Sometimes I think it's bc there's so little diversity here. I've met plenty of nice, wonderful people in Memphis...but when my family goes to restaurants or to the mall, we always get strange stares...like people think we don't belong in America bc we're not White or Black?
2007-07-09
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