racism + microaggressions
so my school holds little culture appreciations in the student center every friday afternoon
today it was for korea so i was super excited
i got there and felt super self conscious because i’m not confident speaking korean with anyone outside my family
there are a lot of people (free stuff on college campus... i mean come on) and i am super overwhelmed
then this group of three korean people come over and start taking to me (wow sob amirite)
we end up talking about how i am korean and i tell them my korean name (which phonetically is mi-rae)
this makes a white boy stop to question my ethnicity/race
without going into detail that will do nothing but anger me, he essentially white washed me (even though i have darker skin from my hispanic mom and korean facial features from my dad) and remarked at how “weird” it was to see someone who “looks like me” to speak korean “like that”
in conclusion: always think before you question someone’s culture, ethnicity, race, sexuality, gender, etc. because they could be really insecure and you could ruin the fun they’re having