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It's true. This also causes people to judge you by stereotypes based wholly on your skin colour as well. I've noticed many many times at uni that, with myself and others who are (or appear to be) brown, some people try to keep their distance; especially the not-so-westernized asians. Every time people ask me where I'm from, the first thing they assume is that I am from Surrey. It's sort of sad and stupid that people don't even give you the time of the day b/c of your skin colour. It's a real trend because I have seen it and experienced it numerous times and so have others. I mean what other reason can there be for a person who is so polite, and nice to be shunned by the same groups of people? There are dozens of stereotypes for each of the different ethnicities, but it doesn't mean they apply to everyone. That's like me disregarding a native person because society depicts them as "alcoholics". What the fuck happened to having an open mind? Shit is fucked up, really.
/rant
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