Kiyun Kim

Racial Microaggressions, December 2013.

Amber

"Why do you sound White?"

Darby

"You don't act like a normal black person, you know?"

Amanda

"'Can you read this?' He showed me a Japanese character on his phone."

Jaime

"When I gave a speech about racism, the emcee introduced me as 'Jaime Garcia.' My name is Jaime Rodriguez; not all Latinos have the last name Garcia."

Cesca

"'What are you?' Human. Being biracial doesn't make me a 'what.'"

Sandra

"So... you're Chinese... right?"

Sri

"You don't speak Spanish?"

Kristina

"This girl sitting next to me moves, to sit closer to someone she's talking to, and this white guy whispers loudly that she moved because I 'smell like rice'"

AJ

"You're not really Asian"

Maya

"Just because I'm Mexican that doesn't mean I should be the automatic 1st choice for the role of Dora the Explorer in the high school skit."

Michele

"No, where are you really from?"

Aja

"'So what does your hair look like today?' She said as she pulled off my hat without my permission"

Garrett

"So, like, what are you?"

Jackie

"Not your fucking China Doll."

HP

"Can you see as much as white people? You know, because of your eyes..?"

Mika

"So what do you guys speak in Japan? Asian??"

Courtney

"'Courtney I never see you as a black girl' #swerve #OPENYOUREYES!"

Winter

"You're really pretty... for a dark skin girl"

Josh

"The limited representation of my race in your classroom does not make me the voice of all black people."

Nisarah

"When people think it's weird that I listen to Carrie Underwood"

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