Exactly! The same is true with me and Americans & Arabs :(

i see where you're coming from. If we as a whole of society are under the assumption that these days the majority of people walkin the streets are law-biding, open-minded, non-judgemental, peaceful people, then yes, i would be dissapointed if someone got dissapointed bout gettin the wrong impression of me. They judged me without lettin me open my mouth first. And that to me is a step backward from where we want society to go.

To our way of thinking, different cultures IS what makes people beautiful. Allah swt says in the Qur'an that I have made you out of different tribes so that you may know one another.

hmm..i don't think i've come across such an ignorant person before. But why would they stop talking to you because of a difference of culture? isn't this part of what makes our world soo beautiful?