glass_icarus: (saiyuki: makai tenjou)
just another fork-tongued dragon lady ([personal profile] glass_icarus) wrote2010-10-25 01:30 pm

a collection of last nerves people have happily trodden past

things white people do: unacceptable "social"/"flirtation" behaviors
[note for anyone wondering if these examples are hypothetical: THEY ARE NOT]

1. Gratuitous mangling usage of my presumed mother-tongue is an automatic FUCK YOU: not in the you're-getting-laid sense, but in the my-eyes-roll-forever-and-also-you're-getting-laid-OUT sense. Or at least, this is the case when you are talking at me.

2. So is getting in my personal space uninvited.

2a. So is touching my clothing, like for instance lifting the hem of my jacket to stare at my ass when I happen to be standing next to you in a bar. No, I do not care that you are drunk. No, I do not care that you are a lady- I am all for equal-opportunity ogling, but this is not okay coming from anyone.

2b. So is touching my hair. See previous no's.

2c. SO IS TOUCHING MY ASS. RAISE ALL PREVIOUS NO'S TO OH NO YOU DIDN'T.

3. SO IS FOLLOWING ME, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU.

4. At cultural events like, say, this fashion show, you being the "token white person" is not necessarily the plus you think it is. Especially if you introduce yourself as such. Even more especially if you lurk at the periphery of my conversations with other people- one girl and one guy in this case- and wait for the guy to go get a drink before you introduce yourself.

5. There is a 99% chance that asking me where I'm ~originally from~ will get you a LINEFACE DEATH GLARE. (Yes, even if you ask what my name is first. Also yes if you ask what my name is and then proceed to get it wrong.)

6. This does not give you license to ask me "Y SO SRS." Especially not in that particular tone, and while you are wearing a shit-eating grin.

7. Calling me by my presumed ethnicity/nationality? Never going to get you there.

8. Combinations of the above are going to get your ass ditched as publicly, coldly, and impolitely as I feel able to. Also, I will have no compunction about snarking at you, LOUDLY, directly behind your back- more because I don't want to see your face than because I can't or won't do it to your face. Nor will I have any compunction about warning all my friends about you and enacting a physical wall of shun whenever you approach.

In conclusion: HOME TRAINING, GET YOU SOME. >:E
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[personal profile] whymzycal 2010-10-25 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
WTF is wrong with people?!

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[personal profile] leupagus 2010-10-25 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
... I mean, you were sitting on it the whole night when I met you, so I have no thoughts about your ass one way or the other, but all I can think is, if someone is THAT CURIOUS about your ass, there are so many better ways to assuage that curiosity. Also, sorry about those losers, they suck.

... heh. "assuage."

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[identity profile] zahrawithaz.livejournal.com 2010-10-25 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, so sorry that you have been on the receiving end of all this harassment and disrespect. This is quite a list. Thanks for putting it out there.
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[personal profile] crossedwires 2010-10-25 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh dear. And *hugs*
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[personal profile] lamardeuse 2010-10-25 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH PEOPLE, JFC.
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[personal profile] yifu 2010-10-25 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
*_* So much fail. Sorry you had to deal with that. I hope this doesn't get any worse for you.
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[personal profile] themadpoker 2010-10-25 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
WOW. Every time I think people can't get any worse I'm proved wrong. Sorry you had to deal with that.
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[personal profile] trinker 2010-10-25 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there a manual in a cereal box or something that they all study? (2a is super special, though. I never got that one.

9. It is not hipster ironic to parrot racist tropes as attempted pickup lines. The L-word I'm overcome with when you say, "me love you long time!" to me? Is LOATHING.

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[personal profile] yasaman 2010-10-25 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh, sorry you've had to deal with all that shit. My personal least favorite is #5, and I fuck with people by giving them the honest response of "I was born in Germany!" It's always fun to watch people flounder with their assumptions after that.

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[personal profile] musesfool 2010-10-25 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh. I'm sorry people suck so much.
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[personal profile] reddwarfer 2010-10-25 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Y SO MUCH FAIL? *hugs*
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[personal profile] puckling 2010-10-25 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
2a. So is touching my clothing, like for instance lifting the hem of my jacket to stare at my ass when I happen to be standing next to you in a bar. No, I do not care that you are drunk. No, I do not care that you are a lady- I am all for equal-opportunity ogling, but this is not okay coming from anyone.

Wow. Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaail.

[personal profile] lightstarangel 2010-10-25 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Um. What in the everloving frak? PEOPLE ARE MORONS.
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[personal profile] oyceter 2010-10-25 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
GAH WTF PPL?!
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[personal profile] escritoireazul 2010-10-25 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That is some fucked up shit.
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[personal profile] summertea 2010-10-25 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I LOVE THE "WHERE ARE YOU FROM" QUESTIONS.

"Where are you from?" "New Jersey." "No, but where are you originally from?" "... New Jersey." "Oh but where are your PARENTS from then?" "............."

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[personal profile] magnetic_pole 2010-10-25 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, boy. Each individually is bad, but together? Just awful. M.
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[personal profile] such_heights 2010-10-25 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Whaaaaat the fuck, ugh, I am so sorry people did these things to you!

Also, woah, what is with 2a? I mean, it's unfair to hold women to higher standards, because people in general are assholes. But given she's bound to have experienced that kind of crap herself, you do hope for better. :/
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[personal profile] woldy 2010-10-25 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry to hear you've been getting such a hard time. I've tried dealing with idiots like that by turning their stupid questions back on them e.g. "where are you from? No, I mean your ancestors, because unless they were Native American then by your own logic you aren't from here" but with most white people I have to be really, really blunt for them to get the point. Basically, some people are full of suck.

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[personal profile] unavee 2010-10-25 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
So appalling D: D: D: I'm sorry.
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[personal profile] mercredigirl 2010-10-26 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, my God. *sympathy*

The only time I've ever countenanced a 'So, where are you, your parents, you grandparents &c. from?' in a white country (because excuse me if telling you I'm Southeast Asian is not enough, I'm supposed to trace my family's history of immigration all through Malaysia and south China?) was at a gathering of Asian kids. (Which was awesome, too!)

I'm so sorry you had to go through all that! GRR.
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[personal profile] instantramen 2010-10-26 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
People'd have better manners if they were raised in a barn, I swear. *facepalm*
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[personal profile] vi 2010-10-26 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
WTF. >=||||||||

I'm sorry you had to deal with all that crap! And creeps, too. So with you on #8!
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[personal profile] timeasmymeasure 2010-10-26 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
So sad that I could check off a bunch here that's happened to me. I commiserate.
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[personal profile] fly_to_dawn 2010-10-26 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
SO MUCH DO NOT WANT D:

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