Aug 22nd: Not venting

Understanding That Not All Countries Differentiate Between Heritage and Nationality but Still Desiring to Document the Responses I've Been Required to Reiterate Numerous Times to Airport Security Guards, Passersby, Fellow ACM Students, Marathi Teachers, and Host Mothers: 

• "I am speaking my own language!"
• "No, I'm American" 
• "No, I won't understand the characters of Marathi better because I don't speak Japanese or Chinese"
• "No, I'm American"
• "But I don't like Chinese food."
• "I'm not even Chinese"
• "No, I'm American"
• "Really. I am American"
• "Oh, I feel bad that my host mother's sister was excited to practice her Chinese with me... I don't speak any Chinese"
• "From Chicago." "Originally from Chicago." "Chicago"
• "No, I don't have any Kimonos"
• "I've actually never been to Japan before"
• "Oh no, I don't kneel on the floor and sip my soup straight from the bowl" 
• "I'm American."