Thank for sharing an excellent post @sammyb!
I come from a melting pot of people of many nationalities, and the message that you shared with us today about discrimination is important. This investor sounded like a straight up a**hole; no you weren't born anywhere, you must have been manufactured.
That kind of ignorance is disrespectful, and although it's becoming less of a problem these days, I still get rused when someone finds out I live in Hawaii and asks me questions about electricity, pineapple, and other assumptions without trying to understand anything.
There is a wealth of history and things to learn about another's country of origin.
You have a great point on education, the effort to understand and be understood should be met half way.
Thank you for voicing yourself,
@shello
Thank you @Shello. I do feel that we need to listen to each other more. We were given 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. I wouldn't say so much that he was an a**hole but more just ignorant to certain norms and facts.
We need to heal division and in order to do that, the rhetoric has to change. We are all doing our part to work on it and voice the opinions that need to be voiced.