oh, for heavens' sake

[winterbadger]

as seen on brits_americans

As a US citizen living in London, Christian Cox says she is shocked at the amount of abuse she receives because of her nationality.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4881474.stm

Comments

[duchess33.livejournal.com]

So are you saying the Brits are a nation of Haters? :)

Did the Nazis get too close to the UK in the war? Damm Nazis!

Who really likes foreigners except for Americans, and even then we only like certain ones.

Most Americans have identity crisis and deeply desire to be something they are not (celebrities, royalty, wealthy, powerful) I think because we are a Nation of Immigrants there are so many nationalities we just don't know what or who to be? Therefore being loud and obnoxious is a way to act out..

I don't necessarily agree with this, and I am just glad that I don't live in China :)

[winterbadger]

[I] have found almost without exception at their core the vast majority [of Americans] are supportive about people who would wish to join their nation.

I urge you never to venture too far into the heartland. :-) I don't know how widely you've travelled in "fly-over country", but I find that my American friends who have lived most of their lives in the urban and suburban portions of the East and West Coasts never really understand how very, very different lives and attitudes are in places like Texas, Kansas, Missouri, even the upper Midwest. Even in more rural areas of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

Of course, also, you're white and (literally) Anglo, so you can pass almost anywhere in the US for a member of the dominant ethnic population. I think if you polled, for instance, the large Salvadoran-origin population of the DC area you would find their experience of welcome has been rather different. :-(

[winterbadger]

The three weeks I recently spent in St. Louis only reinforced my experience of being welcomed...

St. Louis is about as representative of Missouri as Arlington is of Virginia or NYC of New Yor State. :-)

Given Texas' reliance on immigrant population to keep the state running, it would make sense that a majority of the state were pragmatic...

Texans are not noted for their pragamtism, or their connection to reality in general. :-)