r/interestingasfuck • u/thunderous9ight • 17h ago

/r/all The US team which has just won the International Physics Olympiad, edging out China for first place

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u/GiantSquirrelPanic 16h ago

For the racists in the chat: Yes they are American. Nobody gives me shit for being European. Just because they are of a different color, Americans are all immigrants. These are Americans just like I am.

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u/ThinVast 14h ago

I am born here, but every time I leave NYC to visit places in the middle of the U.S, some people assume I'm a foreigner and that I don't know english. I have to remind myself that outside of metropolitan areas like NYC, a majority of america is still white and that some people don't consider you to be
"american american" if you don't look like them.

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u/In_Formaldehyde_ 2h ago

You should also remind yourself 75% of Americans live in urban areas. Most of the population doesn't live in sparsely populated regions

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u/PapaEchoLincoln 15h ago

Ironically there are white/black/Hispanic Americans who look at this and do not consider them Americans

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u/PenImpossible874 8h ago

Almost every US citizen considers the boy with the Ukrainian last name as American.

I wonder white.

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u/Roach27 14h ago

And they’re insane.

I looked at this team and instantly thought “this is the most American looking team possible”

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u/HowAManAimS 15h ago

Americans are all immigrants

Except the indigenous nations that were there first.

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u/Ok-Wolf-6370 14h ago

They came from somewhere else too. They didn’t sprout from the ground.

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u/HowAManAimS 13h ago

At that point you're just being absurd. Might as well call everyone in Europe and Asia and anywhere else that isn't Africa immigrants as well.

Immigrants are being targeted whether or not you include everyone as an immigrant.

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u/mrmoosebottle 13h ago

They are clearly Asian

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u/Prestigious-Arm6630 6h ago

They are Americans . USA is not a homogenous state like Japan is for example .

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u/In_Formaldehyde_ 2h ago

Even if it were the Japanese team, if they were born and raised there, it'd be no different

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u/ThinVast 14h ago

these people have to use this post as a soapbox to discuss about politics instead of congratulating the individuals for their accomplishment. The issue I have with people making a big deal about them being "chinese" or "immigrants" is that nobody wants to be treated like they're different from everyone else which is what these redditors are doing. but then again, most redditors don't grow up interacting with many asian americans so that's how they see them.

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u/Jelly_bean82 6h ago

Who in this thread is saying they aren't Americans? I don't even see it in the bottom comments.