Today, I was told I was more japanese than a japanese. A japanese girl told me this. I don’t know why she said it or what it means but it kind of makes me happy and a little confused. This isn’t the first time someone has told me I was a different race than I was. When I was little, my siblings used to tell me I was adopted or that I was not biologically related to the rest of them because I was japanese. Fucked up, I know. I blame my mom for giving me that bowl haircut in combination with my pale skin, affinity for japanese cartoons and the color pink. They told me they just took me at the beach from one of the many japanese families that come to Guam for vacation. A small part of me believed them. I was 5!
Now, Lyndon’s mom (japanese) tells him that he looks more japanese when she sees us together. He’s actually japanese. Several times at work people have said ‘You’re japanese, aren’t you?’ or ‘Ask Esther, she’s japanese, right?’ Despite how latino my whole name sounds.
Peculiar. I feel like most of the time no one can figure out what ethic race I belong to and they seem surprised to learn I’m filippino. ‘Full?? No. That can’t be true.’ What. The. Heck.
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Thursday : July 22, 2010 at 5:52pm
it’s ok. i get the “oh, you younger generation…never learned how to speak chinese” pity comments. makes me wanna show them how well i fly-kick.
Friday : July 23, 2010 at 7:34am
Oh, I don’t mind it. It actually makes me pretty happy. It’s just confusing for sure. I didn’t mean to convey that it made me unhappy.
Is it chinese people that say this? I’d just keep saying ‘fly-lice’ to them.
Monday : July 26, 2010 at 7:26am
people usually just ask me what my background is because they’re not sure. they usually guess chinese or filipino. filipino would be the correct answer =D
Monday : July 26, 2010 at 5:59pm
Totally. A lot of the time people think I’m some sort of mix. I should just start making things up and telling different things to people. That’ll make things interesting for sure.
Tuesday : July 27, 2010 at 2:36pm
Makes sense that you’re my sis, with me getting all mexican! Wasn’t it one of your friends that said I looked more mexican than Ben? You can be whatever you want to be. If you want to be japanese for awhile, I’ll just pretend along. We’ll just be aquaintances, one mexican and one japanese.
Saturday : July 31, 2010 at 8:40am
Oh, my mexican brother. Let’s hang out soon. I miss you.