Today I had orientation for my program. I was talking to this girl and I asked what her name was. She told me, and then asked if I was ________ (the one other asian girl). I said no, and she said, "Oh, you're the other one". Um, WTF??? I'm sorry, but stupid situations like this make my blood boil. I hate how certain minority groups need to just suck shit like this up, while others don't have to put up with anything remotely non-PC.
My friend A was telling me that when she was on vacation in London, people would ask her where she was from. When she told them Toronto, Canada, they'd be like - no, REALLY, where are you from? And she'd get it from Indian people living there!!! Dude- take a look in the mirror and ask if you want anyone insinuating you're any less Canadian/American/British/French/<insert your nationality here> just because you're of a visible minority. When I was in Cuba, people would do the same thing to me and my family. I wasn't too annoyed by it though, because I knew that they were really asking what my ethnicity was. But seriously, when people in super developed countries with generations upon generations of immigrants ask you where you're REALLY from? That's just ignorant.
While I'm on this race rant, let me continue that one of my biggest pet peeves are super white-washed asians who purposely don't have any asian friends. Somehow they think that rolling with an all-white crew makes them cooler than other asians. C'mon, I know you all know what I'm talking about - those people who won't be your friend (if you're asian) just because they don't want people to think that all they do is drink bubble tea, go to karaoke, and like Hello Kitty. I've totally had asian girls purposely avoid even talking to me (for the first time, so it's not like I had a chance to offend them yet ;p) if we're the only two asians in a group. These are the same people who think that anything asian is lame, and hail mostly everything western. To be perfectly honest, I thought a bit this way when I was younger. But the truth is that you should be proud of your own culture, not ashamed of it or want to hide your roots. Doesn't matter how much you love the blonde hair or hate the almond eyes, you're not fooling anyone. You're asian- stop the self-hate.
It's really sad when people of minorities don't try to help each other and instead try to tear down the accomplishments of each other. If it's the truth that women still face discrimination in today's modern society, it is undeniable that visible minorities still face the same. So why can't people be proud when an asian/black/whatever achieves success but instead make fun, or attribute it to their race? In general, people of minorities need to work harder in order to achieve the same level of success- instead of begrudging them their accomplishments, it's something that should be lauded.
Gah, I'm annoyed and jumping from topic to topic so I'll stop here. SO ANNOYED.
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