Depends on where you go, really. Generally if you stick to cities and tourist areas you’ll be fine. But if you want to wander into small towns….
Comment on How is it to have very bright skin in America?
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The racism you see on the news certainly exists, but remember what you see on the news is news because it is rare. You don’t see every obituary, because such common occurrences aren’t news.
It is something I wouldn’t put too much thought into regardless of your race.
hddsx@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
No, it’s a small enough problem everywhere that putting any real thought into “will people reject me because of my skin” (as OP asks) is overthinking it.
Social_Discussion@lemm.ee 1 day ago
So do Americans actually label people with different skin types as different “races”? That sounds a little radical
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Broad categories most would recognize are ‘asian’, ‘black’, ‘white’, and sometimes ‘hispanic’ or ‘middle eastern’. Most people aren’t going to get much more specific than that.
Social_Discussion@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Oh okay. I would call these ethnicities
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In my usage, ethnicity refers to somewhat socially-defined regional identities. Basically, what country/group is your ancestral origin. You might call this a nationality, but, to me, that implies I’m assuming you’re not a US national/citizen. This also gives a leeway to include ethnic groups not restricted to a particular country such as certain groups of Jews, nomadic groups like Romani, or sub-groups of countries like Sicilian.
But I really don’t ask often because it’s not really important and can easily be taken as an insult.