Dear Blogging World,
I demand that you entertain me, though I refuse/find it difficult to be entertaining now.
Fine.
I will share a story I could cross-post to RACE DAYS.
Working at a Senior Center I could write a short book and fill it with stories about the old folks here. I would have an entire chapter, or maybe even a part of the book titled
"But you don't look Oriental?!"
and Other Offensive Comments
The old folks get a dispensation of grace (grace = I don't slap your ass out of the building.. just kidding), because, well, they are old, and I am a bit of a confusing racial specimen. Today for example a lady actually physically pulled back the corners of her eye lids to describe how I (and her half Filipina granddaughter) look. Very beautiful she said. Why thank you.
That reminds me. When my brother and I were little we made up our own version of "my mother is Japanese, my father is Chinese and I am in the middle!" (do non Asian Americans know that one?) We would say "My father is Chinese (pull eyes slanted), my mother is American (pull eyes round), and I am in the middle!! (look normal)."
There. I've done my part. NOW POST SOMETHING INTERESTING!
Fine.
I will share a story I could cross-post to RACE DAYS.
Working at a Senior Center I could write a short book and fill it with stories about the old folks here. I would have an entire chapter, or maybe even a part of the book titled
"But you don't look Oriental?!"
and Other Offensive Comments
The old folks get a dispensation of grace (grace = I don't slap your ass out of the building.. just kidding), because, well, they are old, and I am a bit of a confusing racial specimen. Today for example a lady actually physically pulled back the corners of her eye lids to describe how I (and her half Filipina granddaughter) look. Very beautiful she said. Why thank you.
That reminds me. When my brother and I were little we made up our own version of "my mother is Japanese, my father is Chinese and I am in the middle!" (do non Asian Americans know that one?) We would say "My father is Chinese (pull eyes slanted), my mother is American (pull eyes round), and I am in the middle!! (look normal)."
There. I've done my part. NOW POST SOMETHING INTERESTING!
posted by Elizabeth at 3:31 PM
5 Comments:
a couple months ago we went with a friend to buy a car and the salesman, in describing a vietnamese coworker, made slanted chinky eyes. then suddenly remembering that i was in the room was full of apologies. the salesman was south asian, so it was pretty weird. i was so shocking for me because i don't think i've seen someone do slanted chinky eyes since i was in elementary school.
that, and the eating dog stereotype has really popped up a lot around me in the past few months too. it's really disturbing. racism sucks.
^ the dog-eating stereotype puts me in an awkward position because i've actually eaten dog.
i was super close to trying dog once when i was in china just to taste it, but ended up not doing it. maybe next time someone talks about eating dog i'll just say, "MMMM...dog! TASTY TASTY!!!" just to throw people off.
LOL...Ben. Ben. Ben. Yeah, I don't remember the last time someone did the slanted eyes impression. How juvenile! Makes me angry.
*eyes normal*--lol!
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