I hate being asked what I my ethnicity is because it's just so awkward

[庄锭欣]

My father is full blooded Garifuna from Honduras and he just moved to the US when he was 8. And my mom is white (polish) I hate when people ask like what my ethnicity is because it feels so awkward saying 'Oh I'm Garifuna and white' and people just look at me like I'm crazy. I'm not super involved in my garifuna culture anyway so I can't even rep that. Also because there like barely any Garifuna Hondurans, like every Honduran has Spanish blood and are super light skin. I barely know any black Hondurans other than my family :(((( Does anyone else relate???? Being from a super obscure ethnic group that because-you're-first-gen-Americans-your-parents-want-you-to-be-as-American-as-possible-so-they-don't-expose-you-to-the-culture

[DocumentaLy]

I love getting asked what I am. I love to hear what people think.

[BadBadNotGood]

Has someone ever made fun of you for it? Most people are just innocently curious.

[Lil Ayy Big Gay]

I look my ethnicity so I can't relate lol

[vader]

i can relate because im so mixed i have to basically tell a story to explain my ethnicity 

[Reckoner]

i never get asked coz im just black

[Sana <3]

i can relate because im so mixed i have to basically tell a story to explain my ethnicity 

YES

[Habu Mizuho]

I find it awkward. I'm half black half white, but people seem to always think something otherwise. I don't really know why I find it awkward, though... 

[L'Arachel]

The only problem is people mistake me to be what I'm not, in which case I... uh... gladly correct them

[Kaebsong]

people ask me if I'm ASIAN OR CHINESE

but yeah I can relate as well. I tell them I'm half Chinese, and then they're like, "That means you're part Asian as well right?"

but then I'm actually half Hmong, and then they're like, "WHAT THE FUCK IS A MONG" and then I have to explain to them what a Hmong is. 

[Hwayoung]

idk man im not even bothered

[onigiri]

I live in Japan and its hard for them to understand the concept of being American and non-white so I always have to explain.

[Ddeona Oneul Bame]

i never get asked coz im just black

 

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people ask me if I'm ASIAN OR CHINESE

 

I've literally heard this IRL~ Someone asked if a fren of mine was Viet or Asian and I'm like????????? 

[bromiscuous]

I don't mind being asked. I've had a weird variety of guesses too, which I just take as a compliment. 

[juu]

i dont mind being asked, sometimes it's funny

it's so interesting that american immigrants want their kids to be as "american" as possible to the point of not teaching their kids their language, it's so different here

[delulubae]

i never get asked coz im just black