[Eric26509]

When people are talking about Americans abroad in this context, they’re talking about American TOURISTS who have the reputation of being pushy a rude in tourist settings, and _making life difficult_ for people in the host country, and getting angry when people can’t speak English. (People only remember the jerks; all the nice American travellers don’t get noticed). Other travellers wonder why these types of Americans bother to travel, if they only want things to be exactly like they are at home. The parallel situation would be a Japanese tourist walking into a McDonalds in Ohio, and then screaming at the cashiers and management because the couter staff can’t speak Japanese and the restaurant doesn’t serve miso soup. Travelling to a country and emigrating to a country are completely different situations, but the ‘racism ‘ charge is more likely to get levelled if someone’s complaining about a behaviour that _doesn’t actually affect them_.

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Name : Eric26509, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Unitarian Universalist, Age : 32, City : Toronto, State : NA, Country : Canada, Occupation : Writer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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