<human>: This is somewhat of a rant so please bear with me. I am a permanent resident of Canada ;my family moved here from Africa 3 years ago. We have been here 3 years. I'm from an English speaking country so I have spoken English all my life. 

Over here, especially at work and at school, people - especially white people-treat me like it's a miracle I can speak any English at all. I have to repeat just about everything I say. 
NOTE: I MADE THE DISTINCTION NOT TO START A RACE WAR BUT BECAUSE MY WORK AND SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IS OVER 95% WHITE PEOPLE. 

I'll spare everyone a rant but at this point, I avoid talking to people because I end up repeating myself and having to explain my jokes when I try to make friends and it takes the fun out of it. They basically just exclude me from any conversations and smile politely like I wouldn't get it. At work, I'm often only addressed about things directly pertaining to work and nothing else. 

Sometimes they smile patronizingly without answering when I ask a question and I just know they didn't get it. Or I chime in during a conversation and everyone just keeps talking without acknowledging my input. Yes, I understand cultural differences but this is somewhat absurd. Yes, I have an accent but I grew up speaking English. Yes,  I pronounce the 't' in water and party and Toronto but I'm sure they can understand me just fine.

At first, it wrecked my confidence and I wondered if everything I knew about speaking English was wrong but are they just being... mean? They are not unkind or anything, just very civil with no attempts at being social. 

It's extra baffling because my boyfriend is as white as you can get and he didn't have any trouble understanding me even when we first met. I was really surprised and I remember asking him on more than one occasion how he could understand me without me having to repeat myself and he looked at me like I had gone bonkers lol.

I don't really have this problem with my instructors at school or even my bf's family either.

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<bot>: Are my classmates and colleagues excluding me from convos and socializing with them because of my accent or are they just being a little mean?