It's not that hard to develop resentment towards the host country as an immigrant. There were definitely times as a child in the UK, when I was not well-equipped to emotionally process racism, that I became hostile towards the United Kingdom and looked with longing back to Germany but especially Japan, of which I had the least experience and could therefore turn into some idealized homeland.
Among other things, I remember when a boy cheered when I said that my great-grandfather died fighting the British. It was challenging me to deal with this, because while I understood my great-grandfather fought for the wrong side I also believed he deserved at least a modicum of respect as long as there was no evidence he was a war criminal, although I questioned myself on that when I found no empathy with the English teachers.
I had similar tumult when people deliberately celebrated the dropping of the atomic bombs in my face. I saw this as a lack of compassion on the part of the British, and sometimes I felt a hostility towards Britain in general for it. Nowadays I understand that such unpleasant acts don't represent the whole of the British character, although I could link them to a tendency among British people to make light of tragedy, which I believe is perhaps partly due to Britain's lack of national tragedies on the level that some other nations have suffered (EDIT: the First World War being perhaps an exception in fairly recent times).
But I will always maintain that the British are more tolerant and accepting of foreigners than the vast majority of other peoples.
[This message has been edited by Neochud (edited 08-18-2019 @ 03:24 PM).]