your asian... but not chinese Options

[expoised]

i love it when people are like...  are you chinese?  or korean?  or japanese?    and then i say "i'm american"

and they ask "where do you come from"

and then i say "texas"

and then they say "before there" 

and then i say "georgia"

mmm

yes yes.

HAHAHA

yeah i was born in NJ and moved to texas.

so people would be like "where you from"
and i'm like "NJ"
and they'd be like "no, where were you born?"
and i'd be like "NJ"
and they'd be like "i meant where you were REALLY from"
and i'm like... "america?"
and they'd be like "no, like your homeland!!"
and i'm like "america..."
and they'd be like "WHERE WERE YOUR PARENTS FROM?"
and i'd be like "taiwan"
and they'd be like "so you're taiwanese"
and i'd be like "no"

[sense.n.style]

yeah, that happens to me too they all go:
"r u chinese?"
no
"r u japanese?"
no
".... then wat r u?"
korean
"o,... thats cool."

yeah... lol

[*tweeak*]

If it makes you feel any better, I can usully make the distinction. I'm not sure I actually know anyone Japanese, though.

[Jeng]

yeah, that happens to me too they all go:
"r u chinese?"
no
"r u japanese?"
no
".... then wat r u?"
korean
"o,... thats cool."

yeah... lol

same happenes to me,but im chinese ;x
people think im japenese
but im not, im CHINESE
they keep asking me or telling me,are you korean, are you japenese.and im like NO IM CHINESE.

[xmkaex]

yeah same here

guy one: are u asian?
me: yes

guy two: wat are you?
me: im vietnamese

guy one: i thought you were asian...?
me: im both
guy two: wah?!?!

and then i go on and explain that vietnam is a part of asia and blah blah...

and yet they still don't understand..


oh yeah i hate it when they go...

>wat are you?
>>>im viet
>o0o0oo say something in viet..
>>>

[MiiSZ_P3NGUiiN_x...]

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 

same thing happened to me..

[AnnahhbeL]

i'm chinese..but everybody thinks i'm korean.

so they go
"are you that korean girl everybody says you are?"

and the first thing i say is
"do i look korean to you?"

and they just back away...

[smearedmakeup]

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

When I see a White person, I call them "white", I don't call them, German, American, England, or etc.
So, when I see an Asian person, I don't call them, Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, I say Asian. Unless I know their specific nationality.

I also hate it when some people at school purposely call you Chinese/Japanese just to annoy you.
Like this kid came up to me and goes, "Are you Chinese?" And I said "No, I'm Vietnamese and Taiwanese." Then he laughed and said "It doesn't matter, so are you Chinese or Japanese?" And then went off and goes "Hey, look at that Chinese girl over there."

[iDecay]

Ach, it's like all the asian kids at school are called Chinese. It's mostly from the hispanic kids though.. (i'm not being racist) This one girl, who happend to be Chinese said people in Vietnam speak mandarin, WTF? Our school is like divided into asian and hispanic. This one kid won't stop posting group bulletins on myspace just because he's mexican and there's so much "Chinese" people at out school.

[kokobar10]

yeah lol! What are you ppl so mad about? Most people can tell the difference between someone from India and someone from Pakistan, but its not like we get all mad about it. I mean i know it might be annoying when ppl are like ARE YOU CHINESE? But asian means ppl from South Asia too, so really calling someone asian can mean a lot of things =D

But its like when you got to Asia, like China, Japan, Korea...they automatically think that if you're caucasian or even foreign in general, you're from america...which is prolly irritating for ppl from Australia and Europe lol! And "white" I feel is sometimes really racist. So yeah, i just say caucasian ....lol.

THe whole chinese thing is yes, a bit annoying, but let me ask again
CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INDIANS AND MIDDLE EASTERNS? not many can...so chill. =D

But for those who tell someone theyre like korean and they keep calling them chinese, then you're right. Theyre idiots

[demomode]

i hate it when they ask you like last week, and then ask you again when it's so obvious you already gave them the answer..

[AngryBaby]

people used to do that at my school, but recently a few grades later people started calling asians, asians. instead of just chinese. some people didnt even know the difference between a philipino and a chinese

[pinacoolada]

haha...I'm filipino but I've been called the following:

Hawaiian...and no, filipinos are NOT pacific islanders..we were taught in the Philippines that we are ASIANS...
Vietnamese..second to hawaiian
Malaysian..HAHA
Chinese..haha
Korean..someone actually believed I was for a while even after I told her countless times that I was filipino
Japanese..LOL..i don't look japanese

[ecargnmyst]

yeah i hate when that happens..ppl r either like...oh r u chinese..or u look japanese

[littleswallow]

I could've sworn that I've already replied to this topic before, but since I'm too lazy to check...

In my opinion, it doens't really bother me a lot. I mean, I've experienced people coming up to me and asking in Chinese dialect, but then I quickly shake my head and tell them that I'm Filipino. Then it usually goes like this:

Stranger: "Really? I though you were Chinese!"

Me: "I am."

Stranger: "But you said you're Filipino!"

Me: "Uh.. I'm both, but I can neither speak nor understand Chinese."

So yeah, it's really not that bad. My friends even said I look Korean at some angle.

[Smoogrish]

Well. I'm Chinese, so I don't have to worry about this, but all my korean friends get called Chinese and it's like "Um, excuse me. I'm korean."

At one point I got called Latino though.

[NgocQuyen]

ehh...most people say i don't look asian period..they think i'm some sort of hispanic origin...mostly i get mexican, and i'm just like wtfs?! i don't think i look mexican...ah well, but yeahh...i hate it when i tell people i'm vietnamese and they don't even KNOW that viet nam is part of asia... umm, yeah...

oh yeah, and i hate it MOST...oh my GOSH...this only happen like a few times (but i got my punches in) i tell someone i'm vietnamese and they either a: call me a gook, b: talk to me about how useless the war in viet nam was, or c: say something that hints the matter of "oh i thought you was something special"

[voguelove]

im asian. but im chinese.

[Teesa]

Yeah, sometimes I get a little confused. Like, I'm Indian, but sometimes people just think "Oriental Asian" if I check the Asian box on like a test or something. India is in Asia, so I do think it's appropriate, but sometimes I do check the "other" box.

[*ranniel*]

people think im latino, when im asian. Omg, I'm filipino and Chinese. Gosh.

[FATALxKiSSES]

OMG! <33 Over here everyone is like omg you Korean! And I'm like no. Not really thanks for trying though. And when they find out I'm Jap they are all " -_- you bombed my country" It's so annoying! I mean no I really didn't I wasn't even born. And when they say our languages sound the same, they really don't. So they're like 'say something in Japanese. Do an anime voice." O_o. Ugh...

[Mikael]

and now you feel how mexican and hispanic people get pissed off.