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Related: About this forumWhat kind of Asian are you?
Stereotypes now cut many ways. The video above is great because it has several messages within. Inasmuch as it is bloody funny the message is deep.
stlsaxman
(9,236 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)"Uh . . . .Burbank, California."
"Yeah, but where are your parents from? Japan? China? Korea? Philippines?"
"Indonesia."
"Oh."
And then I get this puzzled look.
Full disclosure: I look Chinese. I have 10% Chinese blood.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)Fathers side 5th gen american, mothers side 15+ generation american.
Yet I speak Japanese due to the unfortunate circumstances of my addiction, manga and anime. I listen to japanese music in the car sometimes and have spoken japanese to gas station clerks by accident. Have been asked if I was married to a Japanese girl, rather than explain I speak Japanese due to cartoons. I tell people I'm 124th% japanese.
JackN415
(924 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Type.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)even if you are not Asian....just not American looking enough for many of the regulars
It messes with their narrow mind of what "American" is.........:
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)Not that I am some sort of "pick up artist" but rather recognize my own former awkwardness.
And there is Nothing wrong with Anglo/Asian Interracial couples.
Geez I thought we as a society had made progress in this, but as of late I am seeing quite a bit of regression
AdHocSolver
(2,561 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)dynasaw
(998 posts)Any one even guess what that is?
parkia00
(572 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)LeftInTX
(25,331 posts)but why did they leave out the best one on the other side of the pond: The fish and chips???????????????
Squaredeal
(398 posts)When my mixed race Asian-Hispanic, American-educated wife was younger she was often complemented on her command of English and her ability to speak it without an Asian accent. Most people are more sophisticated nowadays but they remain curious about her exotic features. She knows right away what they are asking about and she tells them up front what her heritage is.