Looking the race
After work today, I went to the korean store to pick up some ingredient for chap-chae. This store is located far down Broadway in Oakland (Broadway and Grand to be exact). There is some racial diversity of the patrons who shop here which include chinese and korean people.
So, today, I found myself in line behind some chinese people. I noticed that the lady behind the register addressed the chinese ladies in english. As I made this observation, I wondered whether she would refer to me in korean or english. Every other time I’ve shopped here they’ve always assumed I was korean but I’m almost always in line behind other korean people. Lo and behold she addressed me in korean.
Jeanette says that I look korean. I’ve heard people say that I don’t look korean but I’ve never made note whether or not these people were not korean people. I’d like to see Jeanette in that same situation and see what happens.
It’s not a big deal but I guess the concept of how similar and different asians of different cultures look strikes me as interesting. Are there certain facial features that are trademark chinese or japanese? Could one tell the difference between a thai and hmong person?
March 10 2005 12:44 am | Random
April 4th, 2005 at 2:16 am
the cashiers at the korean store always talk to me in english. when i went to a japanese tea house, they started speaking to me in japanese, but then when i told them that i wasn’t, they admitted it was because of a Bathing Ape pin on my bag that my cousin had gotten in japan. *shrug* i think asians always think i’m whatever they’re not.
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