profiling

ever been profiled?

for me, it's never been damaging or detrimental to me in any kind of deep, profound way, just something that bothers me. a recent incident reminded me of how prevalent it is in our society. a really nice guy at the snack bar where i go to school asked me if knew this girl tiffany who apparently tutors his daughter. i didn't at the time. turns out, tiffany's asian like me. i guess all the asians know all the other asians...and i guess it is partially true - most of the asians where i go to school know most of the other asians but really thats because there aren't all that many of us, so it's not too hard. still. it does seem that in society as a whole, often times people act like if your asians you will probably know this other asian they know. ummm not true. there are more east asians in the world then i count to in a sitting and if you throw in the rest of asia too, it becomes a number i don't think i'd ever have the patience to count to (not that i'd have the patience to count to the number in east asia either, but that's besides the point).

a friend of mine made this joke the other day about how some of the lacrosse equipment hadn't come in yet and it was "made in china" so could i just make a phone call and fix that problem? yea, it was funny. i'll admit that. but. part of me was like, you're kidding. another asian joke. in retrospect, it was even less funny, but i've sort of gotten used to being profiled and teased (mostly endearingly) about being asian (not even usually specifically about being chinese), and that in itself it a little disgusting to me because sometimes i feel like it should bother me more. who knows. i'll think about it some more and get back to you.