your asian... but not chinese Options

[LiNHy POO]

this came up today....

sum guy called me chinese.... when im VIET! its really annoying when other ethnics call all asians *chinese* i know sum of us are.... BUT NOT ALL!!!

if u dont know... then juss call us an *asian* not CHINESE!

i juss wanted to get that out.... b4 i went crazy

[xquizit]

yeah, that happens to me a lot, especially when i was young. now, people come up to me and are like hey, you're filipino. i guess people are actually starting to figure out how to tell us all apart.

[*Kathleen*]

Ugh..that irks me so. I have nothing against Chinese people, either, but it's so ignorant to call someone "Chinese" simply because they're uneducated.

[Mireh]

Its true. Most people (other than asians), confuse asian races a lot.

But hey, all caucasion people look alike to me...(in a non racial way)

[faithin_felix]

chinese is asian
but asian is not neccessary chinese.

[phatty]

I HATE THAT! why do they automatically assume that all asians are chinese

[pbear]

Well, it might have something to do with this"

Me: So, do you think she's Filipino? Because I can't really tell...
My friend: What's "Filipino"? Like a state [province, she means] of China or something?

[swe3tascandie]

yea i hate that. but we mix peoples ethnicity up too. like we call all mexicans mexicans. so same same.

[*AngelicEyz00*]

o0o0o, wehn i was a freshman, I calles all asians chinese i like didn't know, but then when i started hanging out with my friend Anda, who is Viet, I learned the word Asians, cuz yeah, chinese just isn't the right word to be calling any asian person, unless they actually are chinese

[*kryogenix*]

alright. if you see a white person, can you identify what country they are descended from?

i've been confused for chinese and korean (i'm filipino) before. but i don't take offense.

[*CEP*]

It's not really that offensive if you don't think about it a lot.
Haha. Just correct them, no harm done.
I've been called:
Korean
Chinese
Japanese
Laotian
Taiwanese
Indonesian

hehe... I'm multi-cultural.

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

[peanutbutterbbb]

Oh, that sucks.

I don't really mind when they get me mixed up with other groups of asians. They're not intentionally doing it to annoy you, most people just can't tell the difference between different asians. Just like how I can't tell the difference between Cubans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans. I constantly mistake Mexicans for Cubans. Anyways, my point is that people just want to know what country you're from. And if they guess wrong, they're probably not doing it on purpose.

[waccoon]

ignorance.

the end.

[xjjajeengx]

HAHAH Nick agreed.

Anyways. OMG i hated it in 6th grade when people asked if i was chinese. I was like "wtf?" dang. They need to lern to tell us apart. I mean. dont we look different? I think asians do... i can almost instantly tell chinese apat from korean, filipino, viet, cambodian, japanese, etc. (not including those crazy "4% this, 5% that, 2%this, 1% that" mixed people.)

[euroFUSION]

Haha, a lot of my peers ask me if I'm Korean. Three of my four nationalities are Asian, but I'm not even close to being Korean.

[*krnxswat*]

It's cause China is the most populated Asian country.

[*Kathleen*]

ignorance.

the end.

Haha...exactly what I said. *Points to previous post of mine*

You're probably right, Seon.

hey alot of ppl call me mexican or japenese and i said tat im neither and i said tat im a flipino then a black kid said wat etnicity i said a Pacific Islander then he made fun of it by sayin Pussy F**k Iliner and i said shut up<<<not tryin to be racis>>>

[Just_Dream]

I am Chinese.. but the strange thing is that I once was called Korean (which I DON'T look Korean lol. It would be cool if i did ) by a group of Mexican girls. I don't have anything against Mexicans (but some can be pretty rude SOME...), but those girls randomly came up to me and said, "what are you, Korean? hahahha!" They laughed. As if it was a joke. I mean, I told them I was Chinese and Vietnamese and walked away. They just kept on laughing. Was that just some lame joke?! >_<"

The fact that people say "you're Chinese!" as if it was at the tip of their tongue... it's messed up. *sigh* but I mean, they just don't know... But mabye in the future they will.. God point, Nick, and Seon Ho. ^_^

[MissingxHeart]

I realllie hate it when ppl go.." ARe you Chinese or are you Asian?"
that's like the stupidest question ever. Usuallie whites ask that....not being racist or anything but yah...

[F_L_I_P]

Lol i get that all the time. i think its funny. lighten up guys

[L00d]

same thing goes with middle eastern people.. they get mad if you call them indians

[whomps]

Haha.. I don't take any offense into that.
Mainly because I AM Chinese..
Haha

lol, sign of racistism!!

but that never happened to me, since im already chinese haha

[WhiteChocolate]

HAHAH Nick agreed.

Anyways. OMG i hated it in 6th grade when people asked if i was chinese. I was like "wtf?" dang. They need to lern to tell us apart. I mean. dont we look different? I think asians do... i can almost instantly tell chinese apat from korean, filipino, viet, cambodian, japanese, etc. (not including those crazy "4% this, 5% that, 2%this, 1% that" mixed people.)

What the heck are all of you so upset about?

Most caucasians(like me) can't tell the slightest difference between the different asian people. I know I can't! Just let us be stupid and ignorant. Sorry if it offends you, but we also call all hispanics "mexicans", and all black people "african-american". They don't expect us to know exactly WHICH PART of africa that they descended from!

Lol no offense, but you get my point?


But anyhoo, I think asian chicks are pretty hot.