Tag: Mentality

One of the most common tropes about Black Americans is that they have a "victim mentality." Of course, this phrase usually arises as a snarky response to a Black person speaking about the injustices they've endured, a way of silencing them, belittling, or minimizing their experience. N...

Moved from New York to Paris a year and a half ago, and now I can finally “complain” about something I’ve been waiting for. So, here’s the deal: when foreigners, especially Americans, move to Paris, they often find French people to be pretty direct and abrasive. The number on...