I'm going to speak strictly of the American population in my generalizing, but I think you're giving way too much credit (or maybe I'm being too critical of it) to general awareness of Asian language distinctions. I can tell the visual differences among Japanese, Chinese, and Korean, but that's because I have watched…

The pleasant but average looking people at the top of this article. Seriously people?

i'd rather they stare, than having dumb drunk white Canadians saying "go back to where you came from".

I don't think my original statement was overreaching; it was in reaction to you saying what I've quoted above, which, if you actually meant, would indeed be extremely Euro-centric.

Listen. This is not the place to talk about people of color. The point is that white women do not care about POC, especially WOC like they couldn't give less of a fuck about WOC. We are merely props that they use at their convenience to further their own agenda that will only benefit them. And we have anything to say…

Some people do like talking about their roots! And some people don't. I personally find it very weird and intrusive. There are topics that are considered socially okay to talk about when you first meet someone: What is your name, what do you do, where did you grow up, etc. Others are considered taboo: What is your…

I have no problem with someone asking me where I from. If I tell you that I am from Mississippi, you just got the answer to your questions on my moorings, interests, comforts, and taboos. A person who continues to ask and starts getting into questions about parents and grandparents is not interested in getting to…

Ari, asking people "what they are" is a question that comes from a very privileged racial position. In the U.S., where being white is racially normative, white people are generally the ones who stumble into these hurtful lines of questioning out of ignorance.

But if someone asks "What are you?" or "Where are you really from?" or "But you speak English so well!" that is highly problematic. Sometimes, it's fine to ask somewhere their ethnicity, but just because you don't see something as having tinges of racism doesn't mean it isn't there. The experience of being white with…

Maybe you feel that way because you were actually born in another country? I don't think anyone, no matter what they look like, should feel they are obligated to feel allegiance or pride in a country or countries their ancestors chose to leave decades or even centuries ago.

Yeah, IMHO I see it as people needing to know how to treat you. I have known Black people who pass for white or non-black and people treat them differently once they know they are Black. I have know those Black people hear White people say racist things around them until they admit they are Black. I think some. I…

Oh lawwwwd.

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HOW TO ASK ABOUT ETHNICITY: THE NON-ASSHOLE WAY

We are teaching them proper English. They should thank us.

The most annoying to me is, "What's your nationality?" when I clearly speak perfect American English. That offends the pedant in me more than it does the Chinese girl.

You're only getting defensive because you're married to an Asian woman. Even though you aren't a white guy, you want to be all: Hey I'm that one guy who treats Asian women with respect! See I'm married to one! So not ALL of us foreigners are bad! This is why you're defending expats. The worst part is, is that you have…

This has been a horrible week for racism and misogyny.

While I am not sure I agree with you 100%, I am finding it amusing through my utter disgust that people who are quick to attribute someone's actions to being a "straight white male" are freaking out that you are relating these women's actions to their race.