just because i am asian does not mean i eat with chopsticks

[drphoenix]

More new friends! Welcome to changetje and malimono ~! Have an intro post. :D

Anyway, my teacher used me as an example today in English because I'm apparently well-behaved and listen to my parents. Because I'm Asian. :| I thought about it after class and realized that just because I'm Asian doesn't mean I'm obligated to do so. Yes, it's the stereotype, but I'm more

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[chauxe]

I don't understand why people wear shoes in the house either. I was raised that it doesn't really matter either way, but I'm looking forward to the day when I have my own place and can have sparkly clean floors because people take off their shoes when they come inside my home. Regardless of where it started, I think it's a great idea :3

once when I was in school, someone asked a hispanic friend of mine if she was korean. ... I couldn't help it, I laughed at them. Out loud. ;; whoops.

My heritage consists of scots-irish (or scotch-irish, I'm not sure which is correct), english, and german. I'm fair-skinned with freckles, and have dark hair and green eyes. Fun fact? (:

Anyhow, I try not to stereotype people, and if I do end up doing it I don't say my thoughts out loud. I like people to get to know me before they judge me, and try to do the same. Like jasj said, heritage can shape you but it doesn't define you. How much would it suck for everyone to have these thick dark lines outlining how their personality should shape up according to their heritage, like they couldn't possibly be anything else? Ugh.

[drphoenix]

It iiiiis. Saves so much cleaning time and your carpet stays the right colors. /D;;

Scots-Irish! :D I had to learn about them in AP, so I remember because that section gave me grief oh god. Aw, I love green eyes. They're so pretty~

Stereotyping's normal, I think. I figure that as long as it doesn't affect the way a person gets to know you and they can keep it to themselves, it'd be nice. Mmph, I figure the world'd be pretty boring if we had that sort of separation between heritage. :|