June 2011
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Me: Hi, I'm _________.
Non-Korean person: Are you Korean??
Me: ....... Yeah.""
Person: I LOVE Korean dramas and k-pop!
Then, I am excitedly told a list of all the favorite Korean actors, dramas, and singers. I'm not into the Korean dramas nor the k-pop... still don't know what she was raving about.
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This reminds me of what I mentioned to someone earlier. When people learn that I'm Ethiopian they usually go "OHHHHH I KNOW AN ETHIOPIAN!" "DO YOU KNOW ______? THEY'RE ETHIOPIAN!" (I never do.) "MY CAB DRIVER WAS ETHIOPIAN!!" (Actual response.) And it can be slightly...not exciting to me, for the most part.
And yet, when I meet Filipinos/Japanese (or multiracial people with these ethnicities) I become that person and go on about who I know related to that culture and how much I appreciate it. I just feel excited to share information and experience and I realize that just might be what those other people are feeling.
Unfortunately, the really attractive half Japanese guy I met the other day was probably not impressed by me confessing I was in the Japanese club at my high school.
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microaggressions:
Whenever a waiter or waitress automatically gives the check to the male at the table.
I’ve been trying so hard to avoid this completely. Usually people reach for it so that makes it easier.
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Free Rice →
Remember when this was popular a while ago? Let’s bring it back. Help donate food (and improve your vocabulary!)
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Watchthedailywhat:
Wedding Inception of the Day: Kaycee and Don Laroza’s wedding day was a dream come true. Literally.
This is SO GREAT! I only ever want to be with people who are this fun and creative.
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microaggressions:
A white male co-worker said to me an African American woman, after a phone consultation with a client, “You should have talked to that client because she was black...of course you would have to use an accent because you don’t really sound black.”
Hmm….I’ve actually wondered if I have a “white” or “black” sounding voice.
Summary of my college experience:
liquornspice:
JMU
Lake Braddock Band’s Roy Holder steps down - The... →
sashanako:
My high school’s band director is retiring this week after directing the band for 23 years and helping us to maintain a 30 year streak of Superior ratings, something no other high school band has ever done before.
I posted a very brief thank you (literally, I just wrote “thank you”) the other day. I’m going to write something more meaningful later because I’ve recently come to...
“As a child of a drug addict, this law fucking terrifies me. The idea that some...”
– says Queen of Zan, on new drug-test requirements for welfare recipients (via notaskingforpermission)
Reblog if you're black
black-culture:
devysaidit:
theycallmekiddo:
smokeweed-eatyogurt:
Most notes ive ever seen :o lol
when this comes across a white blogger’s dashboard
I’m so happy to be black.
