Wednesday, June 17, 2009

ethnicities people think i am

I am not sure if that title makes sense, but I often get the question Where are you from? or What is your ethnic back ground? It is amazing how adamant and upset people get when you tell them they are wrong.
  • Jewish
  • Italian
  • Greek
  • "some kind of Mediterranean"
  • Croatian
  • Spanish

4 comments:

BEM1212 said...

People think I am Polish.

Jon said...

People used to think I was Samoan. Not kidding.

Questionable Taste said...

I feel your pain Ms. Hoffman...truly I do...I've heard all of those (minus Croatian), not to mention:
- Hispanic
- Persian (hmmm?)
- Middle eastern (Pakistan, Iraq, take your choice)
- Mulatto (crude, but we have a winner!)

KNH said...

QT I actually thought of you when I wrote this last nigh. I figured you get this a much if not more than I do.