Awkward Privilege, by Michael Cuauhtémoc Martínez
Actually it’s usually - where are you from? Then when they don’t like my answer - no I mean where are you from really?
(via racialicious)
Ah yes, I get this so often while living in Singapore.Local: Where you from? Me: America Local: No no, where you really...
Nationality: American Ethnicity: Mexican...Italian I end my case.
There have been several incidents where I have told people I was from California (when they rudely asked where I was...
“I’m American.” “Yeah, but what are your origins? Where are you really from?” “……..so should I break my bottle over...
ALL the time… I get Asian, Italian, Greek, Persian. But I’d rather you ask then stereotype me.
y u get mad when i say “American”?
I get this all the time even after I tell them what I am.
literally happens everyday
Actually it’s usually - where are you from? Then when they don’t like my answer - no I mean where are you from really?