Dealing With the Question: "So What Are You?"
It is time, my mixed friends, to tackle the dreaded question, "So what are you?" Let Jared Padalecki's face convey your feelings.
Maybe an acquaintance heard you refer to yourself as latino then later as asian and calls you on it. Maybe someone's been sneaking glances at you and finally owns up to it, saying that they can't figure out what race and/or ethnicity you look like. Whatever the lead in might be, the conclusion's often the same: "Wait, so what are you anyway?"
Similar to the “I don’t find ________s attractive” post
(found here), we’ll discuss the ways: 1) how “so what are you?” can be hurtful
to mixed folks, and 2) how you, someone who identifies as mixed, can respond in
a series of two posts. In this first
post, we’ll look at why asking such a question can come across as hurtful to mixed folks. Ready, go!
