Your Favorite Stereotype About Your Own Race . . . - Page 4

BetteDavisEyes · #1 06-20-2009, 05:22 PM

I had a group of women once compliment me on my excellent English, enunciation and grammar. They kept complimenting my mom and the Mexican school system for making sure we learn excellent English.

I did so enjoy telling them that I was born & raised in the US, went to public schools for most of my life and that the reason I spoke so eloquently is because my mother raised me to speak that way.

They shut up after that.

epchick · #2 06-20-2009, 07:25 PM

--I get the whole "you must really be white" cause I don't speak with an accent or broken English.
--That I have 50 million kids, and have a gang member boyfriend
--My family are all gang members or have connections with drugs
--That i'm illegal (not in the slightest)
--That my family are illegals (not true either)
--"Oh you're Mexican? But you're really white to be Mexican" yeah, cause apparently there can't be light skinned Mexicans

Why do Mexican eat tamales for Christmas?
So they have something to unwrap

Munchkin03 · #3 06-20-2009, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Dionysus

We don't eat at white folks houses because they have dogs and cats, and may find fur in our food.

Actually this was a BIG thing with my grandmother. LOLZ!

What about black people who have dogs and cats?

1stSoon2BePhD · #4 06-19-2009, 05:13 AM

I just wanna say I'm doing a program in Spain with some friends from my school for 2 months and I've been asked TWICE to make fried chicken........

...so I did and it was THE BOMB! I can't help it! I can throw down in the kitchen & they know it!

Little32 · #5 06-19-2009, 11:52 AM

Chitlins. Blech. :s

1stSoon2BePhD · #6 06-20-2009, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Little32

Chitlins. Blech. :s

I'm with you 100% in this.

RaggedyAnn · #7 06-20-2009, 07:59 AM

I got asked if I am Italian because I talk with my hands a lot. The guy was serious.

Thetagirl218 · #8 06-20-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

I got asked if I am Italian because I talk with my hands a lot. The guy was serious.

I actually get that a lot!

Others I get a lot:

I have thick, dark, curly hair therefore I must Italian, Hispanic, or Jewish! (I don't understand how they figure out these combinations but I am none of the above! I am actually of Swedish descent)

I get told that I can't really be Swedish because I don't have blue eyes or blond hair! (Really? Have you ever met a Swedish person?)

epchick · #9 06-20-2009, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

I get told that I can't really be Swedish because I don't have blue eyes or blond hair! (Really? Have you ever met a Swedish person?)

Lol that is what I would say. The only people I've ever met that were Swedish, were blue eyed/blonde haired people, or people who were born in Sweden but their parents are of Iranian descent (which apparently is a really common occurance).

WVU alpha phi · #10 06-22-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

I got asked if I am Italian because I talk with my hands a lot. The guy was serious.

I'm Italian and use hand gestures ALL the time.

RU OX Alum · #11 06-20-2009, 11:37 PM

That I inhaled glue and gold spray paint to get high in middle school
That I dance like carlton and think I'm being clever.
That I watch Mad About You and Friends
That I spend my vacations coked out of my mind (not true, I'm allergic to cocoa. A god damned reese's cup will send me to the er)

cheerfulgreek · #12 06-21-2009, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

That I inhaled glue and gold spray paint to get high in middle school
That I dance like carlton and think I'm being clever.
That I watch Mad About You and Friends
That I spend my vacations coked out of my mind (not true, I'm allergic to cocoa. A god damned reese's cup will send me to the er)

lol lol lol I swear this post just made me swallow my own saliva the wrong way.....coughing...

pshsx1 · #13 06-22-2009, 01:04 AM

I was in NoColorderFolkFor100MilesInEveryDirection, Missouri this weekend, so I was sure to defeat every stereotype anyone could try to form. I smiled at everyone, waved, said hi, dressed decently, didn't talk about anything bad in public, and wished everyone a good day when I left somewhere.. all in proper English.

I lived!

PrettyBoy · #14 06-22-2009, 01:27 AM

I don't drink malt liquor (actually I don't drink at all)

I don't wear straight bill baseball caps (can't stand those things)

I don't wear Timberland boots with the "brand new" tag still on the side

I don't wear my pants sagging

I like all kinds of music not just rap (jazz flavors especially)

I do like chicken and watermelon, but who doesn't?

1stSoon2BePhD · #15 06-22-2009, 07:35 PM

This thread is quickly turning into a "I look younger than my age" thread, but anyway...

I was traveling from TX to NY and my plane seat was in the Emergency Exit aisle. The stewardess walks by and asks, "Oooohhh and how old are you?" I told her "21" and when I saw the shocked look on her face I added "...I can show you my ID if you need me to!" She told me it was unnecessary. However, at the time I didn't know how old you had to be to sit in an exit seat and I just assumed that it was 18. Then an even younger girl sat next to me and upon finding out that this girl is 13, the stewardess told her that you need to be at least 15! I didn't know I looked that young (apparently 14)!

My best friend was asked if she had a chaperone with her when trying to board a plane and she was 19 (you have to be 13 to fly alone) so I guess someone else got the shorter end of the stick!