I've decided I'm D O N E doing the "Singapoooooooore!" song-and-dance when a white stranger tries to start a conversation with me with the equivalent of "So, I've noticed you're not 100% white!"https://twitter.com/lesbrains/status/1221808559043645442 …
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I've done this in self-defense for years because, sadly, it's easier to steer the conversation in a non-terrible direction if I just act like the Singapore Tourism Board for 10 minutes. But honestly, these questions are rude and should be treated as such.
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Yesterday, for example - Older white woman I'd just met: "Oh, is that a Japanese name?" Me: [split-second internal debate about delivering a 15-minute condensed history of Japanese imperialism in SE Asia] "Nope!" Then I just sipped my tea and let the awkward silence be.
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I suspect that this will also save me a lot of time previously spent listening to "oh I'm 1/4 Scottish and 3/10 German" blather and biting my tongue so I don't say "lady, congrats, but I don't give a shit"
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Massive difference between mixed people clocking each other and this "Kindly Explain Yourself To Me For My Entertainment" nonsense.
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