Culture is a part of you - it makes you even more unique in my eyes. I love asking the people I meet about their culture and experiencing it for myself. On Tet - Lunar New Year, I took a white girl to a festival to go see fireworks and that was an amazing thing for me to share and for her to experience. In romance, these are the things I share for people to understand a part of me. Our food, our traditions, our parties, the real and funny stereotypes and archetypes our family falls into, our culture as a whole. The effect and perception of race and height vary.Īs a 5’7” Vietnamese American - I have my fair share of insecurities revolving around my identity too - don’t get me wrong, but over time it has mattered less and less - and even has become an advantage. and fascinating to see in Japan simply due to his race. A black man is a normal man to see in any urban city in the U.S. and plop him in Sweden and all of a sudden he is short. Like, literally they do not mean anything by themselves. “Asian” is a label placed on people that are born within or descendants of people from a location. Notice the comparative nature of your thoughts. And the more you stay with that mindset, the more “right” you become. It takes a awareness and consciousness to address it and put your mind on a different path because as long as your in the mindset that your height and race is the determining factor of your romantic/sexual success, then nothing can be done. Often times it reaches a conclusion first then scans for data after to further confirm the conclusion. Which is the chicken and the egg? Did you get denied first and you determined the blame to be on your height and race or did you already feel shame about your height and race and rejection or indifference from women triggered further shame towards your identity? Let’s take a step back and see the nature of your beliefs.
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