I know this is absolutely nothing at all on the scale of oppression and injustice, but it's always messed with my head a little bit that everyone on TV and in Media that looks like me is Latina, and I am not.
@calyanare
Phenotypes are bull. I'm Louisiana Creole and most think I'm Filipina.(I consider it a compliment) What is your ethnic heritage?
@generica All kinds of craziness, mostly shrouded in the mists of time. A significant portion Native American, with a little Scottish, Irish, German, and French thrown in. People always think I'm either a lighter-skinned Latina, or something Mediterranean (Greek, Italian, etc.)
@generica My husband is Filipino (with a smattering of Spanish and Chinese) and people say we look kinda similar. I think this is hilarious, because I can see it and it makes NO SENSE.
@calyanare lol. Ambiguous as the media says. I enjoy embarrassing xenophobes who assume I'm an immigrant by mentioning my DAR membership . I don't actually belong but oh well.
@generica My husband is an actual real live immigrant and doesn't get that, ever. People always assume he's Hawaiian or Samoan. Which is close enough, I guess.
@calyanare
I also get Hawaiian often. My husband is an immigrant from Germany so people usually think he's the yank till we speak. It's all very confusing and funny and occasionally sad.
@generica My husband immigrated as a teenager, and had always known he was coming here, so he worked hard on his accent as a kid. He doesn't have one really (if anything, he sounds like the educated New Yorker that he became). People are always surprised to find out he wasn't born here.
@calyanare
Fascinating. My husband has a mild German accent, they all study English for 6+ years. A friend in Tanzania who learned English as a 3rd language has the best vocabulary of anyone I know. I wish languages were taught earlier in the US.