Suphisara | 19 | she/her | nationality: Swedish |ethnicity: Thai
“Yellow”.
It's very mixed feelings as the colour itself makesme very happy
however when it's then associated with identity andvery clearly
targeted towards someone it makes me feel extremelyanxious as I
know it has a bad association.
“Asian”.
I think what makes one Asian is a mix of both geneticsand culture.
Biggest one being genetics I think but culture playsa very big part in
how I think one would identify oneself as part ofa culture.
Ethnicity|part1.
If I had to choose a word it would be: confused. Ethnicityand
genetically I'm Thai but culturally I'm still veryconfused. I'm very proud
of my ethnicity, I'm very lucky to have a very goodconnection with the
rest of my relatives who still live in Thailand andvery privileged to be
have been flying to Thailand once a year to stillkeep in touch with my
Thai roots however since I'm there for such a shortperiod of time I still
dont really feel Thai in many ways.
Ethnicity|part2.
my personal perception of the word had always beenmore towards the
genetic spectrum however I grew up in a family thatdid keep as much
of the culture from Thailand as they could. But outsideof the house for
example school, surroundings people around me we'revery swedish,
which led me to be very confused about everythingreally. I am very
proud about my ethnicity but I have also been confusedfor the longest
time really about here I really “belong”.
Differ from Asian stereotype(s).
I probably have more piercings and tattoos which sometimessurprises
people. I don't really have any future plans for mydesired work or life
which is much more of expectations from people. Thoughsomething
that I do which I do think it a bit more of a culturalthing but do follow
a certain stereotype is that some asians are on thequiet side and polite
to people.
A theoretical space without racism.
I think in a place without racism and stereotypesI would be less
hesitant on the different things I do. As I'm quiteoften very careful with
what I do as I know that the things I do could givea bad or good "look"
for other people of the same race.
Correct.
Something I wish I would do even to this day is mostlycorrect people
on my ethnicity, and actually confront people whenthey say something
offensive or when they mention a stereotype.
To someone.
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