What do people think you are racially? Since Hawai'i is such a melting pot of ethnicity many of us have 2-7 or more we can call our own. All sorts of people here on da CONUS don't know exactly what I am. I'm sure that's the case for many locals. Most recently, when I went in to do my taxes, the lady asked if I was Italian. Then she went on to say something is different about my eyes and was wondering what I was mixed with. Heck, even back home people don't usually know exactly what I am but the majority of the questioning I get is here in Southern California.
Since many of us are mixed I was pondering who else gets questioned like this?
Please tell what you are racially and what's the common race people think you are.
Do you get questioned more about it when on the CONUS?
Do you find that even though you are mixed, people commonly don't think you are mixed and want to make you one specific race? Like it's too confusing to be more than one thing or something.
And if you are full Asian of some sort (anything from Japanese to Indian, etc.), do you find that when on the CONUS people often think you are something completely different from what you are? I know of many Asian people who get mistaken for Mexican or Native American around these parts.
Or are you a mixed person who looks 100% one thing and no one can tell you are mixed?
It's just a curiosity of mine. K den, pau.
Since many of us are mixed I was pondering who else gets questioned like this?
Please tell what you are racially and what's the common race people think you are.
Do you get questioned more about it when on the CONUS?
Do you find that even though you are mixed, people commonly don't think you are mixed and want to make you one specific race? Like it's too confusing to be more than one thing or something.
And if you are full Asian of some sort (anything from Japanese to Indian, etc.), do you find that when on the CONUS people often think you are something completely different from what you are? I know of many Asian people who get mistaken for Mexican or Native American around these parts.
Or are you a mixed person who looks 100% one thing and no one can tell you are mixed?
It's just a curiosity of mine. K den, pau.
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