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Post by i move the stars for no one on Aug 27, 2007 2:41:15 GMT -5
no,not taboo at all,a lot of us have had this icky experience.i think some of us have already talked about it and so haven't brought it up again,but you're far from alone. Hmm, do you think this is just a bad misconception that effects girls only? Sounds like its more a poor reflection on society. a little of both,actually,though i wouldn't say it's something limited to women,just predominantly experienced by us.i think one or two of the guys in the past have said they had some sort of experience,but i don't recall.i think it's fairly common with us girls though,especially if you have a white father.with my Samoan dad i'm mistaken for is wife and he's for some reason presumed much younger,with my white grandfather we get the dirty looks.i do think it's a fairly easy mistake to make though,especially if the person who's mixed could pass for monoracial. i think the most embarrassing though is going out with my white mom (i don't look white at all) and having her call me honey and all that.for some reason it's just incredibly embarrassing to me that people think we're lesbians,i'm always paranoid and call her 'mom' loudly.
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ganbat
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Post by ganbat on Sept 1, 2007 18:27:21 GMT -5
...you don't bother to explain your ethnicity properly because of all the questions it causes right on.
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Post by alisa on Sept 14, 2007 2:52:29 GMT -5
*if people ask you where your accent is from (in my case, APPARENTLY I have a tendency to sound like a New Zealander)
*you find out along the way, that you have been pronouncing words wrong all your life because you say it the way your 2nd language parent does.
*you have no bridge on your nose and fleshy nostrils, but still a somewhat western shape to it.
*you look european, but you are virtually hairless, or vice versa
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Post by LaFace on Sept 14, 2007 5:27:52 GMT -5
^Yes, I have personally experienced your point on accents. One man kindly asked if I could tell him what my ethnicity was, so I replied by asking him to have a guess. He said, 'by your accent, South American?' I thought it was funny and gave him the right answer. However, I honestly don't hear a South American accent in my speech
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jpeezy
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Post by jpeezy on Sept 14, 2007 13:23:06 GMT -5
*you find out along the way, that you have been pronouncing words wrong all your life because you say it the way your 2nd language parent does. *you have no bridge on your nose and fleshy nostrils, but still a somewhat western shape to it. *you look european, but you are virtually hairless, or vice versa I pronounced "contact lens" as "contaclens" til age 8 because of my mom's accent. I actually have a high, pronounced nose bridge strangely enough, although my sister doesn't. I do have the fleshy nostrils tho. On a side note, my filipino cousins say you know you're a true filipino if you've ever gotten rice stuck in your hair during a meal and not noticed til later.
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Post by Ave` on Sept 14, 2007 23:35:01 GMT -5
When I walk along the street and sometimes I see ppl looking at me.. kids staring at me... a 1st few second I thought I had a giant bug on my face. Then I realise I just look different. It affected my life when I was young, I almost gone hermit.
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Post by Guy in the white shirt on Sept 15, 2007 20:33:14 GMT -5
I know. I always think I've got something on me, sometimes it still gets a little annoying and it'd be nice to just blend in, and other days I just count how many ppl stare. Funnily enough I didn't notice it when I was younger.. it was only when I started paying attention to what was around me.
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cm
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Post by cm on Sept 15, 2007 21:32:38 GMT -5
Your face looks different from different angles
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Post by Ave` on Sept 15, 2007 23:15:08 GMT -5
Your face looks different from different angles rofl so true
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Post by ...austhai/... on Sept 16, 2007 16:39:24 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' True, sista!
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Post by morningstar on Sept 17, 2007 8:28:51 GMT -5
Or if everyone expects that you CANT use chopsticks, depends where you are really!
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Post by alisa on Sept 17, 2007 19:14:24 GMT -5
^ Or on that same line, people don't expect you to be able to tolerate hot food, but you could eat a jar of chilli without breaking a sweat!
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Post by teek on Sept 18, 2007 0:54:01 GMT -5
Or... you appear to be the only "white" person eating Chicken's feet in Yum Cha.
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jak
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Post by jak on Sept 18, 2007 1:21:50 GMT -5
When you're the only one who sits with the asian group at lunchtime eating peanut butter sandwiches cut into triangles.
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Post by teek on Sept 18, 2007 1:27:39 GMT -5
^ When you're the only white person with reheated duck on rice at lunchtime
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