Is there a part of your culture you fear people will misunderstand?

Well, yeah. If asked what a swastika means, I don't think the majorty would say it's a sun symbol of good fortune and prosperity in Hinduism.

Oh definitely. I personally try to treat and view people as individuals, even if they identify themselves as part of a group. Why? Because we [b]are[/b] individuals. You can’t expect billions or thousands to all think, live and act the same. It’s just not logical. I know people of the same faith as me who I couldn’t be further apart from. If people took time to understand others on an individual level maybe we wouldn’t have as much hate as we do.

I don’t think it’s my duty to explain anything about my culture to others..if they wanna make an uneducated judgement, be my guest. With a little research,all of their questions can be answered

Happens constantly, I don't see the point in trying to correct them. It's easy to take offense or fall in with preconceived notions. Far harder to actually try and understand. They will make the effort if they want to.

Yeah, in my early teens it made really insecure about my identity on the internet, but I stopped bothering later on, they’re grown adults, it’s their choice to be ignorant

Asia has a lot of weird customs and traditions that westerners are having a hard time understanding

I'm part Israeli that makes some people mad no matter what