See, I totally agree with this. My father is Full Chinese, while my mom is white, which makes me half chinese. The mindset, and stereotypes aren't my issue, although my friends give me slack about it a lot, it's just the fact that I don't belong anywhere. When people first meet me, they almost always ask what ethnicity I am because, although I look more white, I have features that prove that I'm not white. I'm not trying to make excuses, but it's especially hard on me. I don't hang out with the asian kids at my school. They're d-bags to me because I'm whitewashed, and because I was raised as if I were a white kid. I can't speak chinese, and I am smart, just not as smart as the stereotypical asian. I get slack about my grades too. I make good grades, and people down play it like I only make them because I'm asian, and not because I work my ass off. I'm 6 ft 2. That breaks the stereotype doesn't it? I've got curly brown hair as well, but I still get the slack from the stereotypes. The problem with me is the fact that I don't get respect because I'm half chinese. It's like people can automatically assume that I'm a certain way. I can live with the stereotypes, but because of them, people don't respect me. Girls play me off like I'm just a nerdy asian kid, and I'm actually a pretty popular guy. The fact that I've never belonged anywhere really kills my self esteem sometimes. I try to be as "american" as I can, because that's what I am, but I'll never be accepted as one by guys or girls.
