Do you ever get mistaken for ANOTHER nationality?? Vol. IM NOT BLACK!!!

[bgl2687]

Originally Posted by MC OTAKU


Filipino, mexican

, chinese, viet

im Lao btw

damn how people confuse that? Lao people don't look anything like buk mak.

 

[wanksta23]

i dont see how people confused Filipinos for hispanics

 

[damelloyellow15]

everyone thinks im prican or dominican when they first meet me and when i tell them im honduran and indian, they are always like

"are you serious, stop lyin,"

 

[rudy]

yea im nica and 1 time i got pulled over by the cops and the whole time they were like we got a young black male

 

[protoman11]

Originally Posted by shortydoowopp

i was walking down the street one day and this boy coming in the opposite direction just started naming countries in africa as we were passing each other

Ghana
no
Nigeria
no
...

I'd probably just give dude the

 

[sneakerking757]

Some people think I have some PR in me, but I'm Black and Filipino.

 

[blocstarr2006]

Originally Posted by marath0n

I'm Jamaican and people mistake me for being African American.

Umm... wow. How could someone do such a thing?

 

[bobbybrownpacks]

HBW's top 3 races he gets mistaken for:

*drumroll*

3. Dominican (when i have my tan).
her: como estas?
me: bien. but i dont speak spanish
her: oh..i thought you were dominican or somethin. sorry bye.
me: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

2. Cuban (when i had short hair and a tan)
see number 3.

and for NUMBER 1....

SAMOAN!

these mofos come up to me talkin bout mofufa taou.
and im like "what? MAN IM NOT SAMOAN!"
"oh...youre tongan?"




im black and filipino. and happen to be a large man.

UNAPPRECIATED.

 

[briteyes12]

I get hispanic all the time.

 

[de phx jose]

That's why we gotta stop "nationality" and "race" stuff. We won't get mistaken as a human being. I don't know

 

[jessiegras]

Sometimes I get mistaken for Dominican.

 

[noodles]

im hueman and i get mistaken for being human

 

[mc otaku]

Originally Posted by BgL2687

Originally Posted by MC OTAKU


Filipino, mexican

, chinese, viet

im Lao btw

damn how people confuse that? Lao people don't look anything like buk mak.

white girl asked my neighbors if i was mexican or something

but yeah, there are dark skinned lao that can resemble buk mek, till u look at they eyes.

i usually have a fade or something and im like 5'10, 200lb and i dont look like the average asian guy. whats weird is that im light skinned lao.

 

[icyyyesr two3]

i look fully white...but im half white/half mexican...does that count?

 

[mrmoneyindabank]

Originally Posted by 49ers650

Originally Posted by MrMoneyInDaBank

I understand what your saying. My problem is with the fact that we subdivide way too much in our culture. For a person of west Indian background to take exception to being called African American is ridiculous.

I think it's the other way around. No where else do you see people referred to by a continent

Thats true, so why don't we all just go back to being 'black" then? I just feel like we are alot more alike than different and we need to act assuch