also elise i just saw your reply to my post from last night and i think your example fits perfectly what i was trying to say. i feel like in the us everyone who is an "other" is labelled under these generalizations that erase their actual identity (latino, asian, etc) and it's everywhere so it ends up falling into those very same people's discourse without them realizing. i'm not implying it's wrong to identify as latino/a but if you think about ~first world~ countries they never identify with the continent/group of countries they're a part of?? because even though they share things in common they also have many differences even if they're really close to each other. idk if i'm being any clear or if this is all a big mess lmao