I find that no matter how clearly I write, Americans and many Australians typically misread what I am saying, in order to propound the ideologies they have already embraced. This shows people read what they expect to see, often basing their expectations upon what they have decided to be true about my identity.
I can't tell them anything about my identity, or course, if they don't have an open mind. Over and over again, they want to teach me a lesson about how to behave, as if I had to learn from them that racial discrimination exists.
Nuance, as well as conditional clauses escape the comprehension of many Americans and their Australian counterparts.
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