If you do, which ones? How do you feel about it?
I get hispanic and half asian alot and i'm really european canadian.
2007-09-12 08:31:12 · 20 answers · asked by Scooby 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Most of the time
people think I'm Asian or Asian mixed with white
even some Asian people think I'm Asian
But I'm Mexican and Peruvian.
I don't mind i don't see it as a bad thing
2007-09-12 11:22:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm never mistaken for anything other than white, but I'm asked if I'm 1/2 Hispanic often and many people assume I speak Spanish. My eyes are really dark brown and my skin is light but not really fair, it is rosy beige. Once I was asked if I was 1/2 Korean and that blew me away. Actually, my sister LOOKS 1/2 Asian so she's asked that on a regular basis.
I have no problem with any of this.
2007-09-12 15:47:56 · answer #2 · answered by fun_purple_beach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband is Hispanic, born and raised in El Salvador until he was 8 years old. However, he has white skin, freckles like crazy, and the most fantastic red hair you've ever seen. Most people think he's of Irish decent, but he's 100% Hispanic. He's not trying to hide that he's Hispanic (especially with a name like Carlos, how could you) but if people refer to him as "White" he doesn't care. He does get upset though when Hispanic people think badly of him just because he is a so called "White Hispanic." Apparently, even Hispanic people are prejudiced when it comes to their OWN people's skin colors.
2007-09-12 16:01:24 · answer #3 · answered by Dolyn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm completely Northern European, but for some reason many people think I'm Hispanic. I have to be honest, on my driver's license, I do look that way. I've had complete strangers come up to me and start talking in Spanish. Unfortunately, I speak only English.
2007-09-12 15:49:04 · answer #4 · answered by Spyderbear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I do not but my daughters do. I am French Canadian/American/Irish/Algonquin heritage.
Their father is Filipino, negrito, Polynesian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Malayan.
THEY PASS AS ANYTHING almost. When they were younger, as well, all the local native kids they knew used to ask them what tribe their father was from because they also looked like the local Haida Gwai,
They have NEVER had to deal with racism, btw. But they are often often often asked just what kind of a racial mix they are! To them, being a "colour your world" experiment is a PLUS!
2007-09-12 15:50:17 · answer #5 · answered by Noor al Haqiqa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and it got me angry. They called me a jomanken & a black asian. I do not get how did they mix me up with those two. I am a Half Black 1/4 White and 1/4 Native American Cree.
2007-09-12 15:59:24 · answer #6 · answered by hueco cuervo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well not a different race but a different ethnicity a few people thought that I was Ethiopian but I'm Jamaican.
2007-09-12 16:08:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both my parents are black, and white people think i'm either lblack mixed with white or hispanic just because i'm light skinned. I'm like, seriously, all black people are not the complexion of Shabba Ranks. Seriously!
2007-09-12 15:48:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think alot of people confuse nationality with races..There are onlythree races. White, Black and Asian. These are the official "ethnic groups" the U.S goes by. Everything else are just subgroups or nationalities. You yourself are simply a white canadian in U.S. terms.
2007-09-12 15:41:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I get mistaken for being Puerto Rican or Afro-Cuban!
Go figure!
Peace!
2007-09-12 15:41:21 · answer #10 · answered by Meshel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋