I have this one white friend.
And - [mocking] I have this one white friend, Iβm not racist. And like - where was I even going with this? [laughs] Sheβs not even my friend, sheβs just someone I know. Okay, whatever, βkay, so this one white person that I know - [under breath] (I know a lot, my entire town is white.) Anyway, um, one day, she comes up to me, and sheβs like,
βJenny, what are you?β and, you know, thatβs like white person talk for like, [sarcastic mocking] βwhat FUCKING country do you come from? Like obviously youβre not from here.βΒ And Iβm like, βum, Iβm Chinese.β
And sheβs like βWhat? Youβre Chinese?β
And Iβm like, βYeah, I donβt know why thatβs so much of a surprise.β
And sheβs like βWell, I thought you said you were Asian.β
And - [deep breath] [pause] there was a moment, a good minute and a half, where I left my body and ascended onto another plane, and I screamed into the abyss of that plane [pause] because she did not know that Asian and Chinese areβ¦ I, I canβt, I canβt, I canβt evenβ¦ you know, whatever.
So, return to my body, from the [pause] other plane of existence in which I scream. A lot. And I tell her: βYou know, China, China, you see, the country that Iβm from, is a part of Asia.β
And sheβs like, βWhereβs Asia?β
[whispers] She asked me. Where Asia is.
And I say, βWell, Asia consists of, you know..β and I list the different Asian countries and sheβs like βWhaat?β
And Iβm like [sarcastically] itβs, itβs this thing, you know, that you learn about in like third grade geography. Itβs a continent! And sheβs like βA continent?β
And Iβm like βYes.β
And she goes, βso itβs not a country?β
And sheβs like βWhatβs the difference?β
And Iβm like [deep breath] βAmerica, you see, has like North, Central, South, so like, take somewhere from Canada; they are North American but theyβre also Canadianβ¦β
And sheβs like βI donβt understand.β
And Iβm like βItβs okay, just know that I am both Asian AND Chineseβ and you know what, she is still confused to this day, and I [pause] am still on the other plane of existence, screaming, as I tell this story to you. So you can come join me, on the separate plane of existence.β
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