Quote: (06-30-2013 09:51 PM)Timoteo Wrote:
A Spanish woman I used to see out in California was a prime example of how your looks are perceived, and how it changes when other factors present themselves. She's a petite blond, with hazel/green eyes. When American women see her, they perceive her to be one of them. But the moment she speaks, they immediately react differently to her, because it becomes apparent that she ISN'T one of them. For this reason, most of her friends aren't Americans, and she largely still considers herself a Spaniard living in America, even though all three of her kids were born here.
I have been there. Some years ago i posted my photo on a hobby`s forum from the USA, and a lot of people could not belive i was from Argentina (the far distant Latin America for them).
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