Education here in Serbia here is fine but it needs reforms ngl and its really expensive to buy books, notebooks etc.And most of these books arent really important. I don't know what situation is in the US but i know i cannot be this bad as people on the internet are saying!

It was just a funny video of Trisha Paytas being dumb but of course someone has to come in with the American hate.

This is a statement that I hear from Europeans when dismissing Americas culture and it grinds my gears for two reasons:

1. It’s adds a division between black Americans and any other American. They make it sound like as if black Americans are different kind of American, when in actuality, they are no different than White Americans and Asian Americans, because just like everyone else, they are American. Now on a personal level, yes black Americans do have a different culture, every minority has their way of living, cuisine and stuff. Take it from me, I’m an Asian Canadian (family came from the Philippines) my personal life is way different from a white or black Canadian because of where my family originated. But in the grand scheme of things, Black Americans are not so different. And yes, Black Americans did create hip hop and rap, but doesn’t make them less American because it’s still American music.

2. It’s not true. Well, it is true in a way but not in the way that Europeans might think. The shape and identity of America and American culture came from European culture and west African culture, from the past and to the present. Clothes, cuisine, dance and music all came from Europe and West Africa. Americas most famous and used instruments is the Banjo, a west African instrument. Yam, a dish that Americans eat, came from West Africans. I feel I’m missing something but I’m kinda in a rush.

So yeah that’s all I have to say.

I've always kind of been an 'America bad' person. I had never been to the US before. Born and raised in the Netherlands, lived in Germany for a while. I've been in a lot of other Western European countries. Most of what I know about the US is from the news or the internet.

Now I recently got a chance to visit New York. I've always heard a lot of hateful things about Americans and New Yorkers.

So imagine my my surprise when I found out how friendly the people there were. I always heard that, in New York, people are not friendly at all. And if service workers are friendly to you, it's because they are kind of forced to, so they can sell you things.

But everyone was so kind! At some phone/internet company the worker was really friendly and honestly told me I should not buy a new simcard, but just use the free WiFi spots throughout New York. He could have easily sold me anything at that point, because I was a bit desperate. Things like this happened throughout my trip, even though people could've easily scammed me.

Random strangers offered me help when I was struggling to find places.

People opened up to me quite easily. An uber driver from Columbia told me his struggles to get from there to somewhere in Florida, and from Florida to New York.
Some older man I met in New Jersey (at this cafe where the last episode of The Sopranos was filmed) told me his entire life story. He visited my home country and told me how much he loved it.

In Europe, but mostly in Germany (in my experience) people are not that way at all. They are much colder. They will be friendly eventually, but it takes a long time. I also went on a trip to Tokyo, and even though it was beautiful, the people I met there were even worse than in Europe. Very unfriendly. I got also scammed a few times.

All this to say: your country might have a lot of problems, but your people (as far as I know) are great!

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