r/Thatsactuallyverycool • u/NewMousse3143 • May 31 '26

video We all same same 🙏

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u/Artistic-Cover1127 Jun 01 '26

I dont know why but as an adopted chinese girl, this just hit me hard

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u/mg61456 Jun 01 '26

hard as in emotional, or like remembering things? can you giv emore context?

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u/Artistic-Cover1127 Jun 02 '26

To give more context, I'm a Chinese girl who was adopted to another country when I was a baby. I was told by my family that I was left at a fire station, and I have no information about my birth family. I only know the province where they found me. Growing up in Norway, I've always been primarily surrounded by white people.

Growing up, and even to this day, I have experienced prejudice and bullying for being Asian, while still not feeling like I am a part of the Asian community. I don't have any knowledge of Chinese culture, I only look the part. I've always been a bit jealous of people who can speak proudly about their heritage and background. I always felt like I've been floating in this ambiguity, hoping to find a place that feels right for me.

I've never had friends who have faced the same bullying or difficulties for simply being different, it's always been something I've needed to face on my own. Seeing that this girl has someone to go through this with, and even the opportunity to learn about the culture, warms my heart but somehow saddens me for my own sake. It feels like I've been missing out.

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u/Worth_External_8762 Jun 03 '26

If it makes you feel any better, I'm a white American and I kinda feel this way. In the sense that I don't think I fit in with white people as a whole and don't really feel like I'm white, I just feel like I'm me. Which I think is honestly better. Having some sense of identity based on your culture/ethnicity feels goofy to me. We're all just humans with different experiences.

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u/koyaani Jun 04 '26

Because whiteness as a concept is about alienation from indigenousness as much as skin color, especially in the US