IN 2020 WE WILL NOT BE ASKING ASIANS IF THEY HAVE BEEN TO UR NEIGHBOURHOOD PAN-ASIAN RESTAURANT !!!!
this line was based off a conversation I had at a wedding where a guy asked me if I knew these 4 Japanese restaurants around Richmond and Wimbledon as if I WOULD KNOW EVERY JAPANESE RESTAURANT IN ZONE 3 LONDON!!!
But tbh when I meet new ppl this is a v standard set of questions I receive. I have internalised the anxiety of meeting new ppl and have avoided spaces like this, and this is why: as an immigrant Ive worked really fucking hard to “integrate” in western spaces - i have a Cambridge degree, my English is immaculate lmao. I think I have a pretty interesting job and have causes I feel passionately about (LGBTQ+ issues, climate change, racism etc), I have loads of hobbies but in these conversations we never EVER get to talking about these things. The conversation gets stuck around Japan for the most part. I would ask them what they did for work, or what keeps them busy, steer the conversation away - but it would always always come back to Japan, or Japanese culture.
I am proud to be Japanese don’t get me wrong, but can we please fucking wait and let people talk about their culture IF THEY WANT TO. I know ignorance doesn’t come from a bad place, and this is what I wanted to highlight- that u gotta check what u think sounds flattering and what actually IS flattering. a lifetime of objectifying demoralising and marginalising shit gets boring !!!!!!!!!
And know that if u do wanna ask exclusively about the culture our faces/skin colour/race/religion/gender identity may represent to u then know that internally we r screaming STFU!!!! Stream STFU!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XojM2D3F-Dc
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