election 的后遗症

那天带女儿去dental appointment， 完了在电梯里我们俩一直聊天， 有个上了年纪的白人， 和我们从电梯里出来后追上来问我， What's your original heritage? Are you Japanese? 我一边回答， No， I'm Chinese. 一边心想， 他怎么这么问？ 果然， 他接着说，Really? Korean was my second guess. You both were born here? 我说，No, I was not. 他看起来很惊讶地说， You have zero accent。 “Thank you。 ”I said. 他看起来很有兴趣想继续， 我不想多罗嗦， Have a good day!就走了。

以前遇到这样的人， 总觉得人家这么说是好意，会多聊几句。 现在心里会觉得他们少见多怪，stereotyping. 而且总觉得他们有些white superimist的感觉， Asian women will never been a threat to them. That's why they're more lenient toward us. Republicans are full of people like this. 我们这里是swing state之一， 最近这根弦绷得比较紧。