#I can't speak to that directly for obvious reasons but I have sm sympathy it sucks feeling alienated and it is for some reason your fault | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

repurposedmeatlocker · 9 months

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Very little people talk about the odd experience of having parents or one parent from a particular country/culture, but you grew up largely disconnected from it.

Like, on one hand, it is a part of you. You might even have the opportunity to visit said country occasionally and see extended family. But on the other hand, your communication is limited because you understand the language only a little bit or not at all. Usual cultural norms you know you should share, you can not connect to. A part of you can't help feeling guilty as if you have purposely allowed something to become lost (even though this isn't actually the case).

#obviously there is a lot of nuance with this experience #I can only speak as someone who is white with a white argentinian mom and white usamerican dad #I love argentina a lot and I love having the opportunity to visit it more in recent years but it sucks the disconnection #and feeling like a part of it is my fault for not trying hard enough #I admit feeling awkward when I meet other half argentinian ppl and they have a better handle of the language and culture than I ever could #nonetheless I am aware this is also a common experience with poc #and those situations have the added baggage of ppl being made to feel like an outsider in BOTH cultures which sucks #I can't speak to that directly for obvious reasons but I have sm sympathy it sucks feeling alienated and it is for some reason your fault #squack

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