Why is it that in the US people consider those of certain backgrounds as foreigners?

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So I was born in the US in Florida and my mother was born in New York and yet just because I'm Hispanic I'm seen as a foreigner. Which makes zero sense because how can someone be foreign in their own country. And I've actually been called one to my face by my high school principal who asked me "Where I was really from" after I told him I was born in Florida. I just don't get it. Anyone care to talk about why it is that people in the US do this? Or maybe if you live outside the US does this also occur in your country?

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No idea. 
My husband is British and has actually had people pull him aside to talk about how bad foreigners are... and he's like, "you do realize I'm a foreigner, right?". I guess he's not *that* kind of foreigner 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

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I teach in South Florida with a lot of  Hispanic students.  The majority of them are U.S. born, but when they talk about themselves or families it's always "I'm Cuban," "Colombian," etc.  In my experience most of my students think of themselves as heritage first and country of origin second.  For them at least it's a way to hang onto their culture.  I think that people may ask you in a rude way, but they are asking because of the realization that many Latinx are valuing their culture and not just settling for assimilation.

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Racism. Xenophobia.

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People are judgmental idiots!

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it happens everywhere. I'm in the UK and British born Pakistani and Indians are called foreigners by other uneducated people.

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Good ole racism and xenophobia.

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My mother is Latina was born in Canada and so we're her parents people think she is an immigrant all the time. My dad is almost straight from Hungary with his parents moving here a year before he was born. My father is never accused of being foreign or an immigrant! It's because my mother is brown it's out of pure ignorance

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I'm African American, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania even there with tons of other racist included Africans, I have been asked where am I from or what part of Africa I am from, I have been asked in a from Belize (Central America) Ethiopia, Mali and a few other places (Africa).
But when I respond I am born here the next question is what about my parents? Born here also. Next question is grandparents which I reply born here also. So now I just respond where do you think I'm from and usually just smile and say nope American born

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I'm native to the Apache tribe and I'm seen as a foreigner 😂

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People are dumb.

Why is it that in the US people consider those of certain backgrounds as foreigners?

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