July 17th, 2007racism in action
I was at the train station with Matthew waiting for my in-laws to come. Woman comes up to me and mentions how cute Matthew is.
Woman: “Are you Korean?”
Me (sigh): “No, I’m Chinese.”
Woman (amazed): “Wow! Your English is so good! It’s perfect!”
Me (sigh): “I was born and have lived in the US my entire life.”
Woman: “Do you ever feel like you want to go back to your home country?”
Me: “Uh, this is my home country.”
Woman: “Oh wow! That’s the spirit! Way to go!”
Yeah, I think she missed my point entirely.
