So, a couple of years ago, I stood in front of a concert hall in Japan by myself as a white person. There was another white girl who engaged me in a conversation in English (since we were both white I guess). She asked where I’m from, so I said Germany (a European country). She was like, cool, I’m from Georgia. Let me stress again that I’m from Europe. So being from Europe, I thought she meant the country of Georgia and was super impressed at her English because she had no accent that would have identified her as Georgian. I also tried hard to think of anything I know about Georgia but since that adds up to “isn’t that where Stalin is from?” and “I liked this one Georgian singer in the ESC”, I didn’t say anything. It literally took me hours until I realized that she probably was from the United States and I’m really glad I didn’t ask her about Stalin.
Like, I’m sorry, but Georgia, Europe is a country and Georgia, United States isn’t.
