Now, in NA, you can still “fit in” even while doing something new & weird
And what that I understand you're also implying that you cannot do this in Europe?
I cannot say it's possible all over Europe, as I haven't been everywhere, but to the places I have been, I'm confident you'd be able to fit in while at the same time doing something new and weird.
My point is I wouldn't even fit no matter how conventional I might be. I'm not from there, so I don't fit into the local identity.
In Canada and the States, they care more about what you do and how you behave than where you're from.
EDIT: I want to stress that I don’t think Europeans are racist or xenophobes. They just have old idenities that are tied in with ethnicity, whereas in NA most people have an immigrant grandparent.
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And what that I understand you're also implying that you cannot do this in Europe?
I cannot say it's possible all over Europe, as I haven't been everywhere, but to the places I have been, I'm confident you'd be able to fit in while at the same time doing something new and weird.
My point is I wouldn't even fit no matter how conventional I might be. I'm not from there, so I don't fit into the local identity.
In Canada and the States, they care more about what you do and how you behave than where you're from.
EDIT: I want to stress that I don’t think Europeans are racist or xenophobes. They just have old idenities that are tied in with ethnicity, whereas in NA most people have an immigrant grandparent.