I'm visiting family in Mexico right now and trying to enjoy myself, but I just have this hunch that I'm not very welcome here. Even family members I've never met give me the cold shoulder even though I'm very respectful and am trying to learn/appreciate the culture. They make jokes about me speaking English and straight up talk about their contempt for Americans in front of my face. I talk to them in Spanish, but I can't get rid of my American accent so idk. I want to meet new people and have fun, but if I talk to others I just think they hate me right off the bat. Some of my family members are nice to me, but they're the ones who went to the US and came back.
So, is there any point in trying to branch out and meet new people here or is there no point since I'm not a "real Mexican?" If there's no point then I'll just stick to my Mex-US family I guess...
>WAAAAAAAAAAAA MY FAMILY IS JOKING AROUND HAVING FUN BUT I HAVE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY
>WAAA I WILL NEVER MAKE FRIENDS NOT BECAUSE I SUCK AT SOCIALIZING BUT BECAUSE MUH RACE YEAH THATS IT!!!
dipshit.
and stay off pol
>MY FAMILY IS JOKING AROUND HAVING FUN BUT I HAVE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY
about this
just laugh at americans with them, Paco
This is more of a blog post but don't invest time or energy in people that aren't receptive to it. It's that simple.
Sucks to be you. I'm a white gringo with shitty highschool Spanish, but everyone loves it when I do my best to "embrace their culture" by speaking basic Spanish and eating tacos.
Nigga I fucking wish. I literally scarf down everything and try my best with my lil 5 in AP Spanish Spanish speaking abilities and I still get shit talked about right in front of my face by family members who think I can't understand them
I have been living here for over a year, I am pale, red hair and I speak fuck all for Spanish. And I have felt welcome and at home since I arrived (and I knew no one when I got off the plane and US$800 to my name and just the bags I carried with me)
Besides one old lady who seems to really have an issue with me, the little neighborhood has been really friendly and welcoming. Some of the in-laws(local Mexican - yes I even managed to get married here) that it is my white privilege.
OP, are you from california or something? They honestly seem to be the only americans down here who ever have problems.
californian mexican american here.
explain.
Don't know man, But maybe it is the hyphens. A lot of flyover folks like me barely even see Californians as American, and you went and tacked on an additional hyphen. And they funny part is, when you leave the country they rest of the world will only see you as American. You might want to start with that in mind.
You sound like a fag. The total opposite of "Macho," which is what my beaner friends respect.
You're a smart college kid yet limp wristed enough to cry about your family online. You let your insecurites run your life and they can tell. Consider lifting and not giving a fuck what people think of you.
And stay in Mexico while you're at it, we have enough beta males as is.
You'll do fine senpai. Just don't be a fat beta fuck. If you gunna stay in Mexico long term at least go to the gym.that way you'll stand out.
This is phenomenon which happens in Algeria and Maghreb with French people from immigrant families.
Ghetto kids spend their lives not feeling French because they are considered as Arabs there and they grew up in a family that speaks a Maghrebi Arabic dialect, so they graffiti "Algeria stronk" or "Tunisia #1" in the toilets of schools, and idealize the country a lot.
Then when they finally go to the "bled" (slang for village), some are taken aback because the way of life is different than in France, and they aren't considered Algerians or Tunisian or Moroccan there, but French, a certain type of French person.
I wish I could elaborate on this, but I never visited Maghreb so I can't point out exactly what can make the ghetto kids out of the loop there, but I imagine some Algerian people pray every single time a muezzin sings in the minaret during the day, and they don't smoke hookah and go eat at a kebab fast food like in France, but instead they share tea and couscous with their neighbors.
I'm honestly feeling sad for these guys, to not really feel at home anywhere.
Anyway, OP, stop giving a fuck about "being a real Mexican", just enjoy your time abroad.
If you grew up in the US, you are an American, and not everyone in the world love Americans, deal with it.
Immerse in the language and the culture, practice your Spanish and eat good food.
Also stop taking advice from SighSee, people are brainwashed here, they think they are übermenschen because they have one distant German relative, but they wouldn't be able to tell if the correct pronoun to designate a table is "das", "der" or "die" in the actual language.