Racism in Europe?

I guess I just want to rant but I’ve never experienced so much racism in my life in the span of two weeks. I am Asian and everyone’s immediate thought is that I’m from China. I find this very offensive because I don’t look nor sound Chinese. I don’t have any accent and can annunciate English vocabulary very clearly.

This incident has happened once in Italy and countless times in Switzerland. Prior to the trip, I thought Switzerland would be a dream country to live in but honestly I don’t think it is anymore. It’s a beautiful country with amazing scenery, however, the racism has dampened this dream. In a conversation was a Swiss man who asked where I’m from, I told him that I’m American from X state, and he refused my answer. He said that can’t be and that I’m from China. His reasoning was that 1) I apparently don’t sound American, 2) Americans have trouble understating the Swiss dialect. This was the most bizarre experience and conversion I’ve ever had.

Overall flabbergasted about the amount of times this same incident repeated itself. Ironically I was initially running away from the states and now I can’t wait to return home.