That's one of my pet peeves. One of my friends was born here, but she is British-Indian by heritage. She gets that a lot, actually. Because she has a dark complexion, she has been mistaken for Muslim, when in fact, she is Christian. Many people do not realize that there are other religious groups in India than Hindus. Which is besides the point, but still interesting to me. She receives comments like, "You barely have any accent!" and "Where you are from, I guess they don't have ____s, huh?" I was present for the latter comment a few years ago. We were standing near an Epcot store window, and my friend was ogling an item that cost more than we could afford, but she was considering getting it anyway. This pompous bitch came up to her and commented in a patronizing sort of voice that my friend was so lucky to be able to visit this country. She made some asinine comment about me being nice enough to show her around and buy stuff for her. She automatically assumed that my friend was from some backward Third-World country where "her people" don't wear shoes. (I think it was shoes.) My friend drew back and postured, and scoffed, "Bitch, please. I'm loaded. If anything, I'm treating HER." So that was a fun outing...
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Date: 2008-12-31 02:23 am (UTC)So that was a fun outing...