Joi
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Go eat some humble pie
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Post by Joi on Aug 10, 2007 9:29:04 GMT -5
^ You should just give them a vague answer back and say, 'kinda' and walk away..
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Post by jenifa on Aug 10, 2007 9:43:06 GMT -5
this is from my experience & i am sure others have experienced similar situations. You know you are Eurasian if you were asked if you were adopted while having a parent (in this case it was my father) attend a school lunch with you in elementary school. "I don't want to offend you, but are you adopted?" -some dum b LOL
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Post by Pocky Monster on Aug 10, 2007 9:56:04 GMT -5
^ You should just give them a vague answer back and say, 'kinda' and walk away.. lol.. You know you're eurasian if everyone expects you to be able to use chopsticks. Erm, I can.. just sayin'
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Post by catgirl on Aug 10, 2007 23:01:09 GMT -5
You know you're Eurasian if....... one of your parents is Asian and the other is European. (sorry, it had to be said) ok, let me try again, you know you're eurasian when...... 1. .... you walk into a car dealership/property exhibition with your parents and the salespeople argue over which agent should be assigned to you to push the sale. 2. ... you get impatient with friends who are picky eaters 3. .... you roll your eyes when one of your redneck relatives starts blasting the government and immigration policies the minute a minority is convicted of a crime 4. ... asian girls/guys whom you have absolutely nothing in common with like you simply because of your race (esp if you can speak in your asian language) 5. .... you're torn between getting a new pick-up or a fast sports car. 6. .... you like both techno/electronica *and* hip-hop/R&B..... that and can dance better than all your white friends that's it for now or if one of your parents is eurasain and the other is european you know your eurazn when people ask if you dye your hair black People often ask me if I dye my hair. They assume it looks artificial? lol ;D
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Joi
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Post by Joi on Aug 10, 2007 23:30:23 GMT -5
this is from my experience & i am sure others have experienced similar situations. You know you are Eurasian if you were asked if you were adopted while having a parent (in this case it was my father) attend a school lunch with you in elementary school. "I don't want to offend you, but are you adopted?" -some dum b LOL I used to get that in primary school when my mum bought me to school. This kid would run up to me and ask whether i was adopted, it annoyed the hell out of me, of course the same kid thought i was Japanese cos every time he saw me he pretended to take photos of me.. heh crazy kid
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Joi
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Go eat some humble pie
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Post by Joi on Aug 10, 2007 23:34:53 GMT -5
^ You should just give them a vague answer back and say, 'kinda' and walk away.. When asked "Are you Asian?" How about "Hmm, I'm not sure. Shall I take your name and number and have someone contact you? Maybe I can e-mail some diagrams too." lol ;D of course you need to give them a really confused look to pull this off..
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Post by meep on Aug 11, 2007 6:09:39 GMT -5
I dont know if this is on topic...
When I was little I didn't really know what race I was, or that there were distinctive racial groups. One time in primary school, this kid asked "what" I was and I didn't know how to answer the question cause I was confused and stupid, being only 5 or 6. So I said I was a mandarin (thinking that meant I was a chinese person). Everyone laughed. That was a wake up call from my la la land state of mind.
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Szymon Von Zalyn
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50% Polish of Prussian descent, 25% Italian, 25% kalmyk, but 100% English.
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Post by Szymon Von Zalyn on Aug 11, 2007 6:33:12 GMT -5
When people say your mother is chinese?
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Post by ConceptDesign on Aug 15, 2007 22:31:49 GMT -5
if some ppl think your asian, some ppl think you're EA and some ppl think you're white.
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Post by clara on Aug 16, 2007 6:49:56 GMT -5
... you come across this site and think, 'Wow, I'm not alone!" ... you hair is 'black' by Euro standards and 'brown' by Asian standards ... you try to asianize western food and westernize asian food (or it just doesn't taste as good) ... you get irate when you have to tick 'other' box on ethnicity questions ... you have to support two teams in the world cup!!
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Post by dannyd on Aug 16, 2007 7:15:03 GMT -5
When this happens. A bit exaggerated but not far from reality. Stranger: Hi, I'm Candace. Me: Nice to meet you. I"m Leilani Candace: Leilani, how pretty, that's Hawaiian. You're Hawaiian? Me: No Candace: What do you do? Me: I teach at a language school run by a lovely Romanian woman Candace: Oh you're Romanian. Me: No, so yeah, I'm teaching mainly Latinos English Candace: You're Latino Me: No. Anyway the institute wants to start marketing to the Korean immigrants. The community is growing. Candace: Oh you're Korean? Me: No. Well Candace would you like to join me for lunch at this Vietnamese restaurant? Candace: You're Vietnamese? Me: no. Candace: I'd love to join you. Oh my, what a beautiful bag. Where did you get it? Me: My grandfather gave it to me from Morocco. Candace: So you're Moroccan Me: No Candace (looking very sad and confused) haha Point well made
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Post by catgirl on Aug 16, 2007 15:46:58 GMT -5
You look less like your siblings than others do to their siblings
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Post by Altan on Aug 16, 2007 17:24:30 GMT -5
I think you have to just say to yourself, "I Am Eurasian." What's in it for me? What is in it for my future stock and generations? Why do I have such a passion for being Eurasian? Eurasian is having all of your fears and having a voice against those who wish to assimilate yourself. And not hearing your true pure voice of who you are. This is another topic but I was talking with a Mexican and we were discussing (with his iniative) of Mulattas, Mezitas and Indias or with the migrations in the area. Notice the "as" at the end but it also had to deal with the "os."
Of course this is ancient politics here in California. Indians, Spanish, Anglos and all those you came after the Anglos. But it is really beautiful! Gives many credibility to the ethnographers in unheard parts of the world.
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Post by pandaroo on Aug 17, 2007 5:11:05 GMT -5
you know you're ea when you stand out like a sore thumb on Saturday language school. (in mine I was the ONLY EA and all others were like, proud of their 'purity')
you know you're ea when you can empathize with mutt dogs (not in a derogatory way).
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Post by catgirl on Aug 17, 2007 15:34:23 GMT -5
you know you're ea when you stand out like a sore thumb on Saturday language school. (in mine I was the ONLY EA and all others were like, proud of their 'purity') you know you're ea when you can empathize with mutt dogs (not in a derogatory way). You could be EA (some EAs) if you dont stand out among spanish/italian tourists! When my husband and I went to the Seychelles the natives asked me if I was italian It never fails....
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