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[–] Acrimonious@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I used to think this. Then some girl in Poland asked me "so are you like, illegal?" When I told her I was Mexican. I've ran into other assholes while traveling but I still remember her.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn’t that the point of the quote though? Someone is raised with false prejudice, and then they find out reality is different when they travel.

[–] Acrimonious@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I'm not that optimistic anymore especially with a comment like that. Even if you know nothing about the immigration experience I think you'd have to ignore a lot for that to even be a question. Nobody goes through that much hardship to get to a place like the US and then goes like "k bye! I'm vacationing in Europe and doing it all over again" I hope they were enlightened at some point but I've also ran into well traveled people with the same mindset.