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BrodieLux
07-21-2008, 12:22 AM
People frequently guess that I'm mixed, or that I'm Latina, or that I might be part black, or that I'm Mexican (Lysondra thinks so) or Italian or Native American. Actually I'm not. I'm of Jewish/Eastern European descent. Both parents.

I take it as a compliment when people think I'm something other than white, because it means they think I'm exotic or somehow unique. And usually the guesses are more interesting than the reality. ;)

ETA: I don't think anyone has ever guessed my background correctly at work!

Luxurious1
07-21-2008, 12:32 AM
I get asked at least once a week if im spanish. Im Italian/French. I think its just the curly dark hair.

veronicachick
07-21-2008, 05:21 AM
i get confused for colombian... alot.
people usually I assume I'm some kind of hispanic... which I guess isn't too far off.. since I'm actually brasilian.

StrawberrySwitchblade
07-21-2008, 07:14 AM
I've been told I look Japanese. I'm of German and Italian decent. It may be my round face and black hair but I don't see it.

Heatherette
07-21-2008, 07:34 PM
i'm chinese but i ALWAYS get korean. it's usually asians who guess wrong too

Victoryx0x0
07-21-2008, 08:44 PM
ughhhhhhhh im soo sick of being confused for brazlian or puerto rican im greek and italian damnit look at my freekin nose and skin tone!!!!!! hello!!!

Flaka
07-23-2008, 07:32 PM
Well i'm not exactly sure what I'm mixed with because I don't haven't spoken to my father's side, but I do kno they definitely are mixed with black and Cherokee Indian. I'm just confused because my great grandma on his side is Cherokee Indian but has reddish blonde straight hair naturally. All the other Cherokees have dark hair and look exactly like you would imagine a native American to look. My mom is Irish, Scottish and black. I always get the 'what are you?' Question and I usually say something stupid like 'a bitch, or a student, a stripper, a murderer, or something like that! I just get so annoyed by the question because it's a pain in the ass explaining all the time, and I also used to hate those tests in school or on medical forms where they make you select a certain race. I mean come on, when are they gonna put a multiracial option on the forms?! Everyone is mixed nowadays!

mollyzmoon
07-23-2008, 07:47 PM
I had one customer guess I was Black Forest descendant based on my TITS. I am too, so I was weirded out by that. He made himself out to be an anthropologist of boobs or something. I think I have that big armed, big hands Teutonic frame, but otherwise it was probably a lucky guess.

I'm so pale and blond right now that it's moot. But when I was tanning to the max, I had a group of guys ask me if I was Brazillian (I have green eyes and I don't freckle...so I'm not pale as pale can be, you know?). I was still blond, but bleachier. I have never been so flattered as that, I swear.

Perry
07-23-2008, 08:07 PM
I get Russian a lot. But I'm pale, freckled and a lot of Irish.

Sophia_Starina
07-23-2008, 08:09 PM
I get Italian. Russian, tho.

Andygirl
07-23-2008, 08:14 PM
I've actually had guys ask me if I'm black. Yes, that's me in the avatar. I can't help but laugh and tell them,"Yeah, I'm black, just really really light-skinned." A big butt doesn't necessarily mean black! But guys have a hard time wrapping their minds around my ghetto booty.;D

iambonbon05
07-23-2008, 08:25 PM
I've gotten Polynesian before, and similar stuff. I'm mostly Finnish, rofl.

SweetPetite
07-23-2008, 08:54 PM
--LUCKY CHARM--Well maybe shes not lying. Im half hispanic, half caucasian. I dont know hardly ANY Spanish b/c really, I dont know my hispanic side of the family (long story) and sometimes that pisses other hispanic people off like Im denying my race but anyways...Im also fair skinned and go to the tanning beds...half my hair is bleached half is dark brown...most people think Im just white or Italian something other than hispanic...but hispanic people can tell!

As for my response to people that think Im whatever else...I just go w/ the flow same for those that think Im 18 lol

cinammonkisses
07-23-2008, 09:31 PM
I've actually had guys ask me if I'm black. Yes, that's me in the avatar. I can't help but laugh and tell them,"Yeah, I'm black, just really really light-skinned." A big butt doesn't necessarily mean black! But guys have a hard time wrapping their minds around my ghetto booty.;D

Teehee..are these the guys with the "black girl" fetish? I can only imagine them whispering to you how they ONLY like black women, and how white women don't turn them on, while you're taking his money :D

Andygirl
07-23-2008, 09:42 PM
Teehee..are these the guys with the "black girl" fetish? I can only imagine them whispering to you how they ONLY like black women, and how white women don't turn them on, while you're taking his money :D

No, it's more like clueless black guys who want to come to the stage and ogle me for one dollar. If I thought I could actually make money from it, I'd play the game, but it's not worth it.

Actually, I always know when I've gained weight because these booty guys come out of the woodwork. Sure enough, I drop that five lbs. and they disappear. I guess 5 lbs. is the difference between me having a black girl booty and a regular old white girl ass. Luckily, I'm back to my normal size, so it has ceased to be a problem lately.

cutey5032
07-23-2008, 10:04 PM
I always get russian. Im fucken MEXICAN AND austrian!! I guess its the blonde

eTA: I look like the whitest person of all timethough

Bella21
07-23-2008, 10:43 PM
I'm completely white... Scottish, German, Irish... But, I'm constantly mistaken for Latina or Italian. It doesn't help that I go by Bella at work, but I get it in every day life as well. I generally just go with it. There are more important things to discuss... like how much money they will give me. :)

VeraLynn
07-23-2008, 11:27 PM
People frequently guess that I'm mixed, or that I'm Latina, or that I might be part black, or that I'm Mexican (Lysondra thinks so) or Italian or Native American. Actually I'm not. I'm of Jewish/Eastern European descent. Both parents.

I take it as a compliment when people think I'm something other than white, because it means they think I'm exotic or somehow unique. And usually the guesses are more interesting than the reality. ;)

ETA: I don't think anyone has ever guessed my background correctly at work!

I'm also of Jewish and Eastern European descent. Mostly Lithuanian, with some Polish and Russian in there. It's a small area where all three countries exist, and the borders have moved around a bit over the years.

I've been pegged as Latina, Native American, Indian (from India), Italian, Greek, and once in a while correctly as European somewhere. LOL

Joy to the world
07-24-2008, 08:33 AM
I've actually had guys ask me if I'm black. Yes, that's me in the avatar. I can't help but laugh and tell them,"Yeah, I'm black, just really really light-skinned." A big butt doesn't necessarily mean black! But guys have a hard time wrapping their minds around my ghetto booty.;D

I get that all the time too

she sells sanctuary
07-24-2008, 02:32 PM
I had one customer guess I was Black Forest descendant based on my TITS. I am too, so I was weirded out by that. He made himself out to be an anthropologist of boobs or something. I think I have that big armed, big hands Teutonic frame, but otherwise it was probably a lucky guess.

um, i'm like half descended from that area of germany, and i've gotta ask...what kinda boobs do you have? that's hilarious.


without makeup, i look very german. with it, i'll often get asked if i'm part asian. i don't think i look asian at all. i just contour my eyeshadow the only way that looks good with epicanthal folds. i'm part native american, but the eyes are the only place it shows up.

glitzy
07-25-2008, 01:17 AM
it's surprising how many russians have walked up to me & started speaking in russian.

people think i am russian all the time, but then they hear my california accent & vocabulary & it totally doesn't line up.



i'm german, irish, & cherokee.




two white girls in my club get mistaken for being asian all the time because they have prominent cheekbones.

Lysondra
07-26-2008, 09:18 PM
People frequently guess that I'm mixed, or that I'm Latina, or that I might be part black, or that I'm Mexican (Lysondra thinks so) or Italian or Native American. Actually I'm not. I'm of Jewish/Eastern European descent. Both parents.

I take it as a compliment when people think I'm something other than white, because it means they think I'm exotic or somehow unique. And usually the guesses are more interesting than the reality. ;)

ETA: I don't think anyone has ever guessed my background correctly at work!

Well you thought I was Jewish! :P

I don't care what people mistake me for... some of their comments are HILARIOUS. Once I was told I looked Macedonian... or and that Macedonia was near Chile. ::)

RoseLeigh
07-26-2008, 09:56 PM
i came across a guy from ireland who really believed i came from county cork in ireland until i spoke with my american accent. i was very impressed that he was able to detect where my ancestors came from. no, he didn't get a dance but he did chase me around the club calling after me...."hey, corkey!" "corkey!"


Hey my family's from County Cork too! I'm rarely guessed as Irish though (despite being way Irish, German, English and a bunch of other pale-European). I usually hear Italian, Puerto Rican (when I fakebake especially) and Hungarian. When I was younger I was asked constantly if I was part Asian.

RebeccaSolidarity
07-26-2008, 10:00 PM
people rarely notice that i am only half european white, even moreso after having some various cosmetic surgeries. it can get frustrating because - at least in more activism oriented groups - people tend to think that i am talking out of my ass when i talk about institutionalized racism and my experiences with it. at least until i explain that i am romani and point out the precursors to genocide which are underway in italy at the moment and facing my people. but even then a lot of white do-gooder types dont understand the difference between white privilege and passing-as-white privilege.

jewish folk tend to get it though.

sometimes people think i am slavic, which would be half right, i guess. but they always think it is russian. it is ukrainian, damn it, ukrainian and moravian.

VegasPrincess
07-26-2008, 10:22 PM
Lol, yes all the time. I do sometimes lie just to avoid the argument:

"are you like, Scandanavian?"

"No, I'm half Italian, one quarter Sicilian and one quarter Czech."

"Yeah...yeah right no way! Italians aren't blonde! Look at how light you are! No way...you must be like ...Irish or something?"

"Umm...you're right, I made that first part up. I'm Irish. Like a leprochauen. Irish. That's it."

Sveta
07-27-2008, 04:59 PM
Lol, yes all the time. I do sometimes lie just to avoid the argument:

"are you like, Scandanavian?"

"No, I'm half Italian, one quarter Sicilian and one quarter Czech."

"Yeah...yeah right no way! Italians aren't blonde! Look at how light you are! No way...you must be like ...Irish or something?"

"Umm...you're right, I made that first part up. I'm Irish. Like a leprochauen. Irish. That's it."

:rotfl: :rotfl:

I'm half Russian, and half Italian/Irish. But I mostly just look plain Russian, and people usually guess that.

Every once in awhile though, someone would guess Spanish. lol, not even close.

Lexi
07-27-2008, 05:02 PM
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