I hate my ethnicity what should I do?
Posted by draculauraxwq@reddit | expats | View on Reddit | 34 comments
I hate being turkish and I can't even change it.People are so rude to me because I'm Turkish.
What's wrong with me? I don't like to live like this...
what should I do?
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Defti159@reddit
I am sorry you hate your ethnicity. Personally every Turkish person I have met has been lovely to interact with.
Uncle_Richard98@reddit
Turkish have a reputation of lying too much that’s why people don’t like them. Are you like that?
draculauraxwq@reddit (OP)
What?
Uncle_Richard98@reddit
I was once involved in three different relation with Turkish. They were all very friendly and extremely romantic but all of them were such big liars it was shocking, it was like a pathology they couldn’t control.
One of them had more than one number and started harassing me pretending to be a scammer / fake person, while dating me at the same time, and I would felt threatened by this fake person and the guy would try to calm me down and be my emotional support while I had no idea he was the one behind all of that! I later found out he did it because he liked to play with my emotions, he was a total psycho.
I thought I just got very unlucky with these three Turkish men but I later met people / friends who also shared very similar experiences of Turkish lying to them so much that it begs the question if it’s not a cultural pattern. Lying is a very big deal breaker.
belowaverageint@reddit
Out of curiosity, where do you live?
draculauraxwq@reddit (OP)
Ankara
Nothing_F4ce@reddit
People in Ankara are rude to you for being Turkish?
draculauraxwq@reddit (OP)
No. People online are
No-Tumbleweed-3037@reddit
So much crap is out there, especially online. Pretty much everyone gets hated online, by a given group of people. Stop caring about what some random idiots online think
BumblebeeTuna4242@reddit
I'm white and people are still rude online. It's just what a good portion of the internet is now. It sucks, but you can't take it personally. They're just assholes who want to tear random people down to make themselves feel better. Does that sound like the kind of person whose opinion you should care about?
Nothing_F4ce@reddit
People online are rude to everyone you should not care.
Either learn not to care or leave the Internet.
Turkish culture has many great things focus on that.
If you still don't like it focused on being yourself as an individual.
If they pick on you for being Turkish they are not someonr worth listening to.
lovyouall@reddit
Maybe quit being a little bitch?
LudicrousPlatypus@reddit
I like Turks. I would like to visit Turkey one day. Learn to love yourself and ignore people online.
baby_budda@reddit
Just tell people youre a Greek.
draculauraxwq@reddit (OP)
What is your problem? Thats even worse
baby_budda@reddit
Now whose prejudice.
Ok_Astronomer5738@reddit
Why do you hate being Turkish? You guys have such a great and cool culture, wonderful tv shows, beautiful thick hair, delicious food, I can go on
draculauraxwq@reddit (OP)
People are racist
Ok_Astronomer5738@reddit
Wait you live in Turkey and experiencing racism for being Turkish in Turkey?
draculauraxwq@reddit (OP)
No? People are being racist online?
Ok_Astronomer5738@reddit
How do they know you’re from Turkey? Leave that platform or go offline
Gunzhard22@reddit
That sucks, but people are racist about lots of ethnicity and it says more about them than it does about you. Racism is linked to lower brain function.
Ok_Astronomer5738@reddit
Aww I’m sorry but don’t hate yourself. Hate them for being racist ignorant assholes
MysteriousManiya@reddit
Get an Indian citizenship and double it.
No-Tumbleweed-3037@reddit
Who is rude to you because you are turkish
draculauraxwq@reddit (OP)
Everyone online
Odd-Transition1527@reddit
Online is not real world. A lot of people say random things online just to take out their frustrations.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with you. People hate others for no reason at all - you should not let that bother you.
And I can confirm that there are tons of people, online, and in real life, that don’t really care for your ethnicity (and definitely do not hate you for it).
No-Tumbleweed-3037@reddit
Idk, give an example
Jolly_Conflict@reddit
That’s not really an expat thing - but is still unfortunate. Keep your chin up; things will turn around for you someday 🩷
Embarrassed_Key_4539@reddit
Therapy
wannabeacademicbigpp@reddit
change your name?
draculauraxwq@reddit (OP)
What is it even gonna do?
NoLongerYonge@reddit
Move to Berlin? lo