For some of you...

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...are some of us here, like, the only minorities you know?

Or interact with on a regular basis?

No, seriously.

(This is what led me to post this.)

[TrickyBob]

I don't know how to answer this question tactfully because now I'm unsure as to what is acceptable terminology.

[lucky513]

you are the only Taiwanese person I know

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Jan 22, 2013 22:25:32 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

I don't know how to answer this question tactfully because now I'm unsure as to what is acceptable terminology.

"No, I don't have any fucking chinks in my neighborhood" is probably not acceptable.

[lucky513]

just dont call her Chinese and you will be ok

[Deleted]

The area I live in is mostly Hispanic. My husband is Hispanic.

This is a more diverse place though. If that makes sense

[joenali]

No.

[mskitkat]

This entertains me, because I spent all yesterday looking up the area we plan to move to for which cities have Chinese school. I won't have my kids be the only non-white children!

[Jermys]

Yes.


Seriously though, our neighborhood itself is really diverse and so is our surrounding area. One town over, everyone is whitebread, even if they're not Caucasian.

[2boys2danes]

No ma'am

[Gato]

You are not the only Taiwanese person I know.

[TrickyBob]

I live in a white town. We have a few black people/African American people. We have a very very small number of Asians. I have yet to see a Korean person. Or a Hispanic person.

I grew up in an area that was mostly black/African America and Hispanic. There were a lot more Asian people and Korean people also.

So as an adult, on here, I associate with a more diverse group because we don't have a diverse group where I live.

Phew, I think I got through that okay!

[thedutchgirl]

I suspect the answer is yes.

Not true for me.

"I'm not a homophobe, I have a gay friend!"

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Jan 22, 2013 22:28:24 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

Seriously, I used to live in a bubble until I started working in the IT world a year ago. We have a satellite office in Seattle. Before that, my black best friend who was my college roommate and here were my only contact with minorities. I'm not even lying. My world seriously started to change 5 years ago when I started posting on Internet forums. I was a 23 year old naive little girl.


Sent from The Room of Requirement

I appreciate your candidness.

[Deleted]

This is the first place I's ever seen an Oriental!

[Kore]

Koreans are Asian. Why the distinction?

[speckledfrog]

Nope

[annyong]

Lol! I love you so much.

[mskitkat]

And to answer the question, no. My H is mixed white and Taiwanese.

I like you a lot better than my MiL.

[TrickyBob]

Jan 22, 2013 22:30:10 GMT -5 Kore said:

Koreans are Asian. Why the distinction?

....The Korean kid I went to school with got really pissed off if we called him Asian and would lecture us about "Korean people are NOT Asian". I didn't know! 

ETA: I grew up in a home where Asian meant anyone that is Korean/Chinese, etc. But then I started meeting people, like the Korean kid. And he was all "no, not the same at all" and I stopped using "Asian" as a blanket generalization because I figured it was offending somehow. 

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Jan 22, 2013 22:29:00 GMT -5 Jermys said:

Yes.


Seriously though, our neighborhood itself is really diverse and so is our surrounding area. One town over, everyone is whitebread, even if they're not Caucasian.

And, yet, somehow you are educated, open-minded, and aware!

This just shows that we really can't generalize about anything.

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Jan 22, 2013 22:29:29 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

I live in a white town. We have a few black people/African American people. We have a very very small number of Asians. I have yet to see a Korean person. Or a Hispanic person.

I grew up in an area that was mostly black/African America and Hispanic. There were a lot more Asian people and Korean people also.

So as an adult, on here, I associate with a more diverse group because we don't have a diverse group where I live.

Phew, I think I got through that okay!

What's the deal with separating out the Koreans?

[leahmel]

I live and work in a very diverse area, so no.

[Deleted]

Koreans aren't Asians? Why not? This is an honest question, because we are friends with a couple that are Korean and Chinese and they both call themselves Asian.

[Deleted]

Oh, this should be flameful. Outside of work, you all are the only non-minorities I interact with on a regular basis, and I don't even think posting every few months on a message board should count at all.

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Jan 22, 2013 22:31:17 GMT -5 neener said:

I think you need a clicky poll.

No way.

I need people to own up to their circumstances.

[pantsparty]

I see white people.

[DotAndBuzz]

um, no.

[TrickyBob]

Jan 22, 2013 22:34:51 GMT -5 @jezebel said:

Koreans aren't Asians? Why not? This is an honest question, because we are friends with a couple that are Korean and Chinese and they both call themselves Asian.

I think, based on this thread, they are. I think for me, someone told me I was wrong when I used the word Asian and so now I separate them. Which is wrong. 

[Jermys]

Jan 22, 2013 22:32:13 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Jan 22, 2013 22:29:00 GMT -5 Jermys said:

Yes.


Seriously though, our neighborhood itself is really diverse and so is our surrounding area. One town over, everyone is whitebread, even if they're not Caucasian.

And, yet, somehow you are educated, open-minded, and aware!

This just shows that we really can't generalize about anything.

Honestly, even growing up in a smaller town in Kansas, we were exposed to a shitload of different cultures because it was a college/military town, and my mother taught ESL.  So we knew people from all over the world.  I feel lucky to have had that part of my childhood because I feel like I was better prepared for adulthood.