What is wrong with me? Am I projecting my insecurities on a whole race of people?

Question

I have always been surrounded by diversity in school & where I live and while growing up, I think I must have been color blind as I never attached any significance to a person's skin color & was comfortable in my own skin & with everyone around me.

Now that I work in the corporate world, where it is predominantly white (I am not btw), I feel out of place & am extremely uncomfortable with myself & when dealing with white people. Whenever I interact with a white co-worker(outside my department), I get the sense that they automatically don't like me from initially meeting, which I immediately attribute to my not being white.

So - are white people uncomfortable dealing with people who don't look like them? Or are they uncomfortable around me b/c they sense that I am uncomfortable with them?

What is wrong with me? What should I do to "fix" myself?

Thank you.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

most likely theyre uncomfortable with you. and possibly they think youre uncomfortable with them. not to sound offensive, but it could be your personality. do you consider yourself friendly? in my observations of white people, many are open minded and outgoing. if your introvert, they may take it as a sign of unfriendliness or think your a snob, and because your not white, you probably 75% of the time wont be looked upon at an equal level as them or likely sense resentment coming from them.

in most countries, the minority is looked down upon and not treated with equal respect as with the majority, its a very common sight and displeasure to experience. the best thing to do is just do your best to ignore it or move to another job where its more 'diverse'.