>Be born racemixed
>Have white facial features with mocha skin and wavey hair
>Most people assume I'm Latino even though I don't have a drop of Latin ancestry
>Work blue collar job so people assume even more
>Every time a Latino sees me he greets me in Spanish excitedly
>Always looks deflated and disappointed in me when I say "no hable Espanol"
>Just a minute ago an old Venezuelan man tried to cut up with me and tell me a joke inside McDonald's
>Pretend I understand until he probes me, then hit him with the "no hable"
>Becomes angry with me and gives me a five minute lecture on losing my parent's heritage and becoming a gringo
>Don't have the energy to say I'm not Latino
>Let him rant until he calls me a "fucking chicano" and leaves
>A Mexican construction worker tried to greet me in Spanish as I'm typing this
I suffer
>Have white facial features with mocha skin and wavey hair
>Most people assume I'm Latino even though I don't have a drop of Latin ancestry
>Work blue collar job so people assume even more
>Every time a Latino sees me he greets me in Spanish excitedly
>Always looks deflated and disappointed in me when I say "no hable Espanol"
>Just a minute ago an old Venezuelan man tried to cut up with me and tell me a joke inside McDonald's
>Pretend I understand until he probes me, then hit him with the "no hable"
>Becomes angry with me and gives me a five minute lecture on losing my parent's heritage and becoming a gringo
>Don't have the energy to say I'm not Latino
>Let him rant until he calls me a "fucking chicano" and leaves
>A Mexican construction worker tried to greet me in Spanish as I'm typing this
I suffer
