story time.
the look in your eyes is what gets me.
“so i return to my body.. from the other plane of existence.. in which i scream”
DEAD
“Story time.
I have this one white friend.
And - [mocking] I have this one white friend, I’m not racist. And like - where was I even going with this? [laughs] She’s not even my friend, she’s just someone I know. Okay, whatever, ‘kay, so this one white person that I know - [under breath] (I know a lot, my entire town is white.) Anyway, um, one day, she comes up to me, and she’s like,
“Jenny, what are you?” and, you know, that’s like white person talk for like, [sarcastic mocking] “what FUCKING country do you come from? Like obviously you’re not from here.” And I’m like, “um, I’m Chinese.”
And she’s like “What? You’re Chinese?”
And I’m like, “Yeah, I don’t know why that’s so much of a surprise.”
And she’s like “Well, I thought you said you were Asian.”
And - [deep breath] [pause] there was a moment, a good minute and a half, where I left my body and ascended onto another plane, and I screamed into the abyss of that plane [pause] because she did not know that Asian and Chinese are… I, I can’t, I can’t, I can’t even… you know, whatever.
So, return to my body, from the [pause] other plane of existence in which I scream. A lot. And I tell her: “You know, China, China, you see, the country that I’m from, is a part of Asia.”
And she’s like, “Where’s Asia?”
[whispers] She asked me. Where Asia is.
And I say, “Well, Asia consists of, you know..” and I list the different Asian countries and she’s like “Whaat?”
And I’m like [sarcastically] it’s, it’s this thing, you know, that you learn about in like third grade geography. It’s a continent! And she’s like “A continent?”
And I’m like “Yes.”
And she goes, “so it’s not a country?”
I’m like, “No.”
And she’s like “What’s the difference?”
And I’m like [deep breath] “America, you see, has like North, Central, South, so like, take somewhere from Canada; they are North American but they’re also Canadian…”
And she’s like “I don’t understand.”
And I’m like “It’s okay, just know that I am both Asian AND Chinese” and you know what, she is still confused to this day, and I [pause] am still on the other plane of existence, screaming, as I tell this story to you. So you can come join me, on the separate plane of existence.”
I WILL ALWAYS REBLOG THIS SHIT BECAUSE IT IS TOO REAL, TOO TRUE.
I’m actually crying
My classmate who thought the only human languages in existence were those provided on DVDs, in response to hearing a book was published in twelve.
Slightly similar was when each classmate (in high school) was told to draw a world map and failed miserably, but the one other Mexican kid in class drew Mexico to a tee, except it was twice the size of his U.S. and the rest of the planet didn’t exist.
my brother, who likes to insist that hes british, thought we were black just until a few days ago. we’re filipino. we’re fucking asian.
Are you kidding me, literally just last night at the wedding venue I work the groom and all his family were Filipino and my white boss, confused af by Brown folk, asked me “Are they Puerto Rican?”
My response was quickly and exactly. “No, they’re Filipino. Because they’re Asian.” Like, they’re obviously Asian and they’re not speaking Spanish but Tagalog and the groomsmen came in barongs and idk how many Puerto Ricans he knows but I’m thinking none.
My friend is Indian. One time there were people in our class that were constantly badgering him to admit that he was European…(which still doesn’t make sense because like….his dark brown skin….wasn’t a giveaway?) and he’s a quiet guy, not really the type to speak up for himself so I said “would y’all shut up already he’s not admitting to being European because he’s Asian! It’s a huge difference”. A person in the group had the audacity to actually say “wait? He’s Asian? I thought he was Indian?” They legit didn’t know that India was in Asia, which confuses me even more because how did Europe enter the picture then?????
When I was younger I lived in Texas for a little while, on an island that was populated almost entirely by Mexicans. (I think there might’ve been a few dozen white people living there, tops) and I remember my first day at high school there, one of the teachers had me introduce myself by saying my name and where I’d moved from. I told them I’d just moved from Utah, and not a single one of them had any clue where that was. Not even the teacher. Some thought it was a city, a few even asked if it was a country in Europe or some area in Canada, and I ended up having to show everyone where it was on a map in the classroom.
(For those who don’t live in the US, Utah is a state in the North West of the country; one state away from Texas)
story time.
the look in your eyes is what gets me.
“so i return to my body.. from the other plane of existence.. in which i scream”
DEAD
“Story time.
I have this one white friend.
And - [mocking] I have this one white friend, I’m not racist. And like - where was I even going with this? [laughs] She’s not even my friend, she’s just someone I know. Okay, whatever, ‘kay, so this one white person that I know - [under breath] (I know a lot, my entire town is white.) Anyway, um, one day, she comes up to me, and she’s like,
“Jenny, what are you?” and, you know, that’s like white person talk for like, [sarcastic mocking] “what FUCKING country do you come from? Like obviously you’re not from here.” And I’m like, “um, I’m Chinese.”
And she’s like “What? You’re Chinese?”
And I’m like, “Yeah, I don’t know why that’s so much of a surprise.”
And she’s like “Well, I thought you said you were Asian.”
And - [deep breath] [pause] there was a moment, a good minute and a half, where I left my body and ascended onto another plane, and I screamed into the abyss of that plane [pause] because she did not know that Asian and Chinese are… I, I can’t, I can’t, I can’t even… you know, whatever.
So, return to my body, from the [pause] other plane of existence in which I scream. A lot. And I tell her: “You know, China, China, you see, the country that I’m from, is a part of Asia.”
And she’s like, “Where’s Asia?”
[whispers] She asked me. Where Asia is.
And I say, “Well, Asia consists of, you know..” and I list the different Asian countries and she’s like “Whaat?”
And I’m like [sarcastically] it’s, it’s this thing, you know, that you learn about in like third grade geography. It’s a continent! And she’s like “A continent?”
And I’m like “Yes.”
And she goes, “so it’s not a country?”
I’m like, “No.”
And she’s like “What’s the difference?”
And I’m like [deep breath] “America, you see, has like North, Central, South, so like, take somewhere from Canada; they are North American but they’re also Canadian…”
And she’s like “I don’t understand.”
And I’m like “It’s okay, just know that I am both Asian AND Chinese” and you know what, she is still confused to this day, and I [pause] am still on the other plane of existence, screaming, as I tell this story to you. So you can come join me, on the separate plane of existence.”
I WILL ALWAYS REBLOG THIS SHIT BECAUSE IT IS TOO REAL, TOO TRUE.
I’m actually crying
14 yr old banger mr brightside is number 69 in the uk charts at the moment
nice
when i was younger i had a really bad fear of danny devito when i was going to sleep so my older brother gave me a watch that he set to like 8 hours ahead so that it was always daytime on the watch when i was asleep and he told me it would confuse danny devito and he would think it was daytime and get scared of the sun and leave me alon
Your brother is the best
Who the fuck changed this from vampires to Danny devito
the real question is why I was completely ready to accept that this person had a debilitating childhood fear of Danny Devito
allura to lance: lonce, i think i might harbor feelings for romelle. of a romantic nature. as i am aware you have experience with romance and are ‘quite a catch’, as you humans would say it, would you be willing to advise me on how i might approach her?
lance:
lance:
lance: u like white girls?
allura: lonce. you like keith.
lance: bold of u to assume i practice what i preach
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