well you're not chinese or samoan or egyptian. i can not move to china, get citizenship there, live like the chinese around me, then claim to be chinese myself. it doesn't work that way. i can not be chinese or indian. neither can you be white anglo-american. saying you can be just like me because you live here is the same as me saying i can be chinese by living there. not only is it nonsensical, it's insulting because it implies i have no identity, no culture, no home. it implies my country is just an economic zone, and the people living here, the people that built the country, are nothing more than faceless, interchangeable consumer/production units. it dehumanizes both of us. we are different, and that's a good thing, a wonderful thing. you come from a people with a unique history and set of values, as do i. your people do things sometimes that cause you to feel embarrassed, as do mine. embrace that, celebrate it. i'm sorry your parents put you in this position, but you can not be of my culture any more than i can be of yours. a home for everyone, and everyone secure in their own home. your home is not mine, and my home is not yours.
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