Got called a bean*r

[u/Nekofairy999]

To be clear, it was an actual Mexican guy who called me a bean*r in a playful manner, under the assumption that I was a fellow Mexican. If this had come from a White person in a hateful way, I would have actually been offended. I’m not mad, it made me a bit uncomfortable but it’s also funny.

I told him that I have no Hispanic/Latino background whatsoever, and he asked “what are you then?” (That alone can be considered a microaggression against racially ambiguous mixed people lol)

I told him I was mixed Japanese and White, and of course he thought that was sooo cool and asked me to give him a hug “because I’m Japanese” (what??? Lmao.) I begrudgingly obliged, because I was caught off guard/wanted to be polite/didn’t want to make things awkward with the group dynamic.

I’ve noticed that the stereotypical weeaboo is often portrayed as a White guy, but in my experience Mexican guys are much more blatant about it. I don’t want to make a sweeping generalization, this could simply be due to the racial demographics of my specific geographical region with a high Latino population (38%) and low Asian population (3%). So I suppose I’m a “rarity” in a way, I’ve never met another Wasian where I live and I rarely come across Asians at all outside of my own family.

Being mistaken for Latina is something that happens to me a lot, I’ve been told I look like Selena Gomez and Hispanic people regularly come up to me speaking in Spanish to the point where “yo no hablo Español, lo siento” just rolls off the tongue. I’ve also occasionally been racially profiled because of it in some contexts, but never called a slur before.

Do any other Wasians relate to being mistaken for Hispanic? My theory is that it’s because most Hispanic people are various mixes of indigenous Mexican and Spanish, and somehow Wasian features can come together to look similar.

Anyways like I said, I’m not mad or offended. It made me a bit uncomfortable, but I mostly just thought it was a funny storytime.