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I have two!

One

The first one that comes to mind is, "How do you go up the stairs?"

Mom and I were taking a train, and a little kid - maybe 6 years old - approaches the stairs that happened to be near our seat and asks mom the above question. Mom's response was, "You go up the stairs."

Two

I was at the Subway (restaurant), standing in line. I placed my order. The customer behind me, a woman who appeared to be of Southeast Asian heritage, asked me, "Are you Indian?"

At first I thought I hadn't heard her correctly. Anyone who has seen me knows that my skin tone is the shade of Cool Whip, and I couldn't figure out why someone who appeared to be Indian herself was asking me if I was. So I asked her to repeat the question, and she did. I don't remember how I responded.

All I can think of was that I had ordered a veggie sandwich, and that many of my Indian friends over the years were vegetarians...so maybe she thought veg sandwich equals Indian heritage? That's the only explanation I can think of.

Date: 2012-03-06 08:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] razycrandomgirl.livejournal.com
maybe she thought you used skin lightener?

I got asked that same question once when I worked at BB. *snort*

Date: 2012-03-06 11:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stormkpr.livejournal.com
Oh wow, I hadn't thought of that. I have been told several times that my features appear either Middle Eastern or Jewish. So perhaps my features combined with skin lightener made her think I could be Southeast Asian? Hmmm.

Interesting that you've been asked too. That I could see more, that sometimes Indians and African Americans can resemble each other a bit.

Date: 2012-03-07 02:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] razycrandomgirl.livejournal.com
It was just the one day. I had in lovely gold whoop earrings that flattered my complexion and I guess I was having a "good hair" day too. :\

Once when I was there someone asked me if I knew Creole. I WISH! Another time someone assumed I knew Spanish, just because of my name ...

Date: 2012-03-09 06:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] razycrandomgirl.livejournal.com

Shadeism (http://vimeo.com/16210769) from Shadeism (http://vimeo.com/shadeism) on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com).

Date: 2012-03-09 08:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stormkpr.livejournal.com
I will check it out. The book "Don't Play in the Sun" by Marita Golden really opened my eyes on colorism too.

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