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are you racially ambiguous?

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
What do people mistake you as?

What are you?

Does it bother you?

** I get mistaken for a NUMBER of things...Hispanic mostly but within that there's Puerto Rican, Mexican, Brazilian..I've heard it all. Doesn't bother me a bit.

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  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    I have been mistaken for Latina. It doesn't bother me at all. My BFF is Mexican and has nine siblings. I recently attended her mother's funeral and I was shocked at how many people thought I was one of her girls!
  • Jessicaruby
    Jessicaruby Posts: 881 Member
    i had a guy come up to me one time and rudely say "what are you?" well i am a mother, a daughter, a student, a bartender... what do you mean. he says no like what nationality are you......... i was dumbfounded........ there are polite ways of asking people things you kow...
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    i had a guy come up to me one time and rudely say "what are you?" well i am a mother, a daughter, a student, a bartender... what do you mean. he says no like what nationality are you......... i was dumbfounded........ there are polite ways of asking people things you kow...

    if asked, I say, "I'm human, how about you?"
  • DanceForever904
    DanceForever904 Posts: 611 Member
    ppl think im asian...i dont see it!! im mixed white n indian
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member
    With the beard I have been called Sasquatch.

    Primate haters. :grumble:
  • cheshirechic
    cheshirechic Posts: 489 Member
    It's usually one of the first things someone asks me if they're comfortable with me (or actually, even if they're not). I always tell them to guess, haha. Or, if they're being particularly annoying, I ask them why they want to know.

    It bothers me only because it seems like people need to know "what I am" or why I "don't look quite white."
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    It's usually one of the first things someone asks me if they're comfortable with me (or actually, even if they're not). I always tell them to guess, haha. Or, if they're being particularly annoying, I ask them why they want to know.

    It bothers me only because it seems like people need to know "what I am" or why I "don't look quite white."

    I've had this response as well. Sometimes I ask them..."Well what do you think I am?" and then I'll tell them.
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
    I only wish my asian characteristics didn't overshadow my Dutch features. I guess I am what I am.
  • HotBodUnderConstruction
    HotBodUnderConstruction Posts: 420
    The following dialog has occurred so many times...

    Sometimes upon meeting me someone will ask "so where are you from?"
    Me: America?
    Person: Huh?
    Me: Well, I was born in the United States...so I'm American.
    Person: No, I mean, where are you REALLY from?
    Me: :huh:
  • CannibalisticVegetarian
    CannibalisticVegetarian Posts: 1,255 Member
    I've been called Mexican.. nuuuuumerous times. Also, this one guy swore up and down that I was Samoan. I was also called a, 'Fat Asian'... dunno where the hell they got that one from. I'm actually black. Not mixed with anything.. just black.
  • wildcat808
    wildcat808 Posts: 140 Member
    I'm sometimes asked what I am (or where I'm from) because people have a hard time believing a white girl could be built this way. It doesn't usually bother me unless they make ignorant comments about myself and the other races they associate my build with.
  • adjones5
    adjones5 Posts: 938 Member
    I get mistaken for black all the time.
  • eddyca
    eddyca Posts: 153 Member
    Yes! I am half Mexican but don't look Mexican whatsoever. I think it's my Mexican side is half Spanish (tall, blue eyes)
    People usually think I'm Swedish because I'm tall I guess?
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    Nah, I'm pretty obviously white. My fiance, however, is half Hispanic and people always think he looks Native American or Middle Eastern.
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    I only wish my asian characteristics didn't overshadow my Dutch features. I guess I am what I am.

    do you have the tin foil hat because there's so much stupidity on these threads? I'll be honest, I think I need one right about now. Oh, and an actual reply to your post, I don't think you look that Asian.
  • TammyLML
    TammyLML Posts: 429 Member
    Yes! I am half Mexican but don't look Mexican whatsoever. I think it's my Mexican side is half Spanish (tall, blue eyes)
    People usually think I'm Swedish because I'm tall I guess?

    I get the Swedish thing too (or variations on a Nordic theme - Dutch, German, etc.) just because I'm tall & blue-eyed I guess. (I'm almost 5'11") I'm actually Cornish & French. I tell them, "hey, there ARE tall people from other countries, ya know?! LOL
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