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Here are a few examples:
You’re Chinese? Oh my goodness, I have a Chinese friend! Do you know him?
No, I don’t know him
Because contrary to your unrealistic expectations, I do not know every single one of the 1.35 billion Chinese people who live on planet earth
People also tend to ask "Where does your name come from?" And I really don’t know how to answer that, so I usually just stick with the truth
my parents gave it to me. Where does your name come from?
Don’t even get me started on how many times people have confused me with a different Asian person
One time someone came up to me and said “Angie! I love your artwork,” and I was super confused so I just thanked them and walked away
But out of all of the questions, my favorite one is still the classic, Where are you from? because
I’ve lived in quite a few places. So this is how the conversation usually goes
Where are you from?
Oh, I’m from Boise, Idaho
I see, but where are you REALLY from?
I mean I lived in South Dakota for a while
Okay, what about before that?
I mean, I lived in North Dakota
Okay, I'm just going to cut straight to the chase here, I guess what I'm saying is have you ever lived anywhere far away from here where people talk a little differently?
Oh I know where you talking about, yes I have, I used to live in Texas
By then, they usually have just given up and wonder to themselves why I’m not one of cool Asians like Jeremy Lin or Jackie Chan or
they skip the needless banter and go straight for the “Where is your family from?” So just an FYI for all of you out there, that is the safest strategy.
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