The problem of White Supremacy - Spinoff from Buffalo Shooting thread

Optimus Prime said

3. "My dad and I both grew up here in the US. We're Filipino and have typical Boston accents. One person, when meeting us, said to my dad, 'Oh, wow, I didn't expect you to look like that.' He had only ever talked to him on the phone and didn't expect an Asian man to have such an 'American' voice."​

—Anonymous



https://www.buzzfeed.com/victoriavouloumanos/asian-microaggressions

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I'll admit I've been guilty of this one

I took my car in to be serviced once and the Asian guy had a thick southern accent

Also watch My Kitchen Rules which is an Australian cooking show, there were a few Asian contestants, sounding like Crocodile Dundee

For awhile there for both my brain did go "does not compute"

Didn't last long and got used to it pretty quickly but it happened