European.

Ha, I was just talking about this! I see Asians everywhere EXCEPT ON THE SCREEN. What is that about? And what's with Asian women being cast as The Weird Girl so often? I didn't even know about this stereotype until I noticed it cropping up so often. Yes, Asians are getting the short end of the stick.

Lol - yup.

I generally would avoid any conversation like this.

Why? White privilege, that's why. And I've done the "calmly educate" thing. You'd be surprised at the reaction to that.

Ok, cool.

That's certainly what I learned. This guy had already decided that I couldn't possibly know what I was talking about, and no matter how calmly I attempted to educate him about why he might not want to say things like that to people, and why it was offensive, he wasn't interested in learning. Especially from me. …

I was once working as an extra in a commercial, and got into a conversation with a seemingly nice white guy who was also an extra. After talking to me for a while, he decided to compliment me by remarking on the way I speak and asking if I grew in a white neighborhood. I told him that I grew up in predominantly…

You may not have specifically known about the history of blackface and all that jazz, but as an adult did you really not have an inkling that painting yourself brown and wearing an afro wig might be a problem?

I'm sorry, I just can't buy that. These people are willfully ignorant about things that don't concern them, and have succumbed to the underlying idea in our society that certain kinds of people are more easily objectified. Their intentions don't matter to me when I see them all painted up and smiling. Some idiot…

Right, but you can get called in in the first place, right?

No. They are willfully ignorant, as well as generally dismissive of people who try to explain to them why this is a problem, in my experience. Sure, there will be an apology, and an explanation of how this adult American person who knows how to use a computer somehow missed out on why it might not be a good idea to…

People have decided that my name, and other African American names generally found in people born in the 70s and 80s, has no cultural relevancy, and no matter what my resume says, I just must conform to whatever negative connotations they can think up about African Americans. I am not Chinese or Spanish or any other…

Maybe if your name makes them think you are not white...but please realize that it has been well-documented that Black-sounding names almost always get your resume thrown in the "no" pile. Maybe there are some people who decide your name is low class, whatever that means in this case, but it really isn't the same…

The La- (ladashah) thing has also been debunked, along with the other names that "certain people" supposedly name their children

I'm curious, since I am unable to have this experience: how does your friend react?

Blackface or brownface is not just "painting your face". Paint your face green, paint your face pink - don't paint your face to imitate another person's race. Dress like someone who is a different race from you, by all means, but without the racist addition of painting your skin. It's very simple. I'll be the…

Oh no, it would not have been different one iota. Would bet my life on that one.

It is actually not true that white people don't get sickle cell. They do, though less often.

I'll take an employee being cold over them getting me arrested simply because of the color of my skin any day.