Yatra | 19 | she/her | nationality: Omani | ethnicity:North Indian (Maharashtra, Mumbai)
“Yellow”.
Yellow, seems like a warm color. Makes me feel warmon the inside. I
would associate it most with a bright sunny day, that’sthe first thing
that popped into my mind. It’s a happy color.
“Asian”.
I think you stop being Asian when you stop havinga relation with the
region. It could be anything, from physical look,to spiritual feelings,
anything.
But I could argue that you also stop being Asian whenyou want to. A
person who is genetically first generation Asian maydecide to make a
change and do it. So it’s all about the feelings ofconnectivity to the
culture.
For me, people who have certain feelings towards theculture can be
called Asian. A non Asian person who can mimic thetrue Asian person,
would be an Asian for me.
I think, different cultures, somehow bring the entirecontinent together.
Ironically, the different variety is the key on howwe all are similar.
Ethnicity|part1.
I’d choose to describe my ethnicity as
Traditional,
Spiritual,
Religious,
Superstitious,
And varied.
I may not identify with the spiritual part of my ethnicitybut I have
certain respect for it.
Ethnicity|part2.
I think that my ethnicity is affected by the peoplearound me. I’m a firm
believer in, people turn into and absorb others ethnicities.
I think, way back I used to be a bit weirded out bymy ethnicity, but
then I grew up and decided that it’s a part of me.I started loving and
embracing it at one point, so I guess I’m pretty positiveas of now
towards it.
I think my negative response used to be because ofracism yes, but
then I just learnt to not care.
Differ from Asian stereotype(s).
Asian stereotypes are most of the times not true.
I am an Indian and I always was stereotyped into a‘Spice Girl’ which
wasn’t true at all. During middle school, when kidsare at the peak of
their ruthlessness, I used to go home and scrub myselffor hours to
remove that spice smell. But then I just realizedthat I should embrace
it, nothing I can do about it.
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