đźš« What it means to have grown up experiencing ethnic discrimination
Growing up with ethnic discrimination meant your family was treated as "different" or "less than" because of who you were, making you question whether you truly belonged anywhere in mainstream society.
You may have developed an almost sixth sense for social dynamics, detecting subtle shifts in tone or expression that signaled you were about to be excluded or mocked. Your survival depended on reading micro-expressions and picking up on undercurrents that others miss entirely, making you incredibly perceptive but also exhaustingly hypervigilant.
You may have learned to embrace being different and outside the group rather than trying to fit in and risk more rejection. Finding your people—others who didn't fit the mold—became your lifeline, and you can now spot fellow outsiders from across the room. But this protective strategy sometimes means writing off potential connections before they've had a chance to know you.