No, Really, I’m From Seattle
“Konichiwa! ” he snickers.
I turn to them with a raised eyebrow. They look at me with those smug grins still plastered onto their faces. I’m not even Japanese. If they’re going to make fun of me, they should at least get the right ethnicity.
“Ich komme aus Amerika,” I sneer, and I walk into a different car.
I’m Asian and nobody wants me to forget it. If the wannabe-gangster walking past me down the street doesn’t mutter “ching chong” under his breath when he walks by me, if some drunk doesn’t shout “hey, Chiney” as I walk home at 3 AM, if my friends don’t tell me that I’m a bad driver for a reason, I might not remember what I am.
Source: Glimpse
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Honestly, I should have chosen a better picture than the one where I have a mullet. I’m glad this apparently resonates...
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I was just asked this today during an interview. Sometimes, I just don’t know how to react anymore.
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Sharlene gets the “where are you from, no really” thing as well. Or people will ask me for her hoping I will join them...
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The next time someone asks me that I’m gonna say, “I’m from America, motherfucker! Where are you from? Racist Asshole...
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After years of this bullshit, I just give them the ill side eye and sharply retort, “I’m a human being,” in response to...
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I have a friend who is of Chinese heritage and whose family has been in this country for generations. Her conversations...
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