I'm not really interested in your word game, but the comment made me think of something. I'm a "visible minority" in Japan. It's easy to know because I can see the difference between myself and most people that I interact with.
I was looking in the mirror one time and suddenly thought, "Wow! I'm pink. I mean, not just a little pink -- I'm super pink". I'd never thought about it before. It's just that after a decade of looking at everybody else that has a kind of tanned complexion, my view of "normal" had changed.
I used to have a pink shirt. I took out my pink shirt and put it on. "Wow. I look like a peach", I thought. I've never worn that shirt again. It doesn't suit my complexion. I don't know why I thought it suited my complexion before. What was I thinking, pink on pink? It's just crazy.
Don't get me wrong. I don't mind being pink. I've been pink my whole life and for a large majority of it, I didn't even notice. Most people were pink where I grew up. There were other people who were more tanned, and even some people who were kind of super tanned. I never really paid attention to it. It didn't matter to me. But after I realised that I was super pink, I started to wonder if those people realised that they were super tanned. Did it bother them?
Some people (very few to be honest) have treated me poorly only because I was pink. It hasn't really bothered me so far. It's not like I can change colour. In my original country, some people treated me poorly because I liked computers too much. When I moved to Japan, some people treated me poorly because I liked Japan too much. I probably could have changed those things, but I didn't. People treating me poorly for stupid reasons is crappy, but I'm too stubborn to worry about it much. I've met people who have suffered greatly because of it, though. I feel bad for them.
Anyway, it doesn't really matter, but I think the real answer to your question is that if you've never thought about it, then you are not a person of colour. If you suddenly realise what colour you are, then you will be. Whether you are or not makes very little difference to most people except you. Hopefully people won't treat you poorly (including because of what colour they think you are), but... there's always something isn't there? Whether it's because of your colour, or because they think you are annoying, or because they are just mad at something completely different and decide to take it out on you.
But yeah, the colour thing exists, even if you aren't aware of it.
I had something similar after two months in Thailand. All of the people I saw when I got home were so... caucasian. And tall. With weird-shaped noses, and so many different kinds and colours of hair. It was weird.
Sorry, I don't know what you mean. I'm not playing a word game. Someone earlier in the thread asked if somebody was a person of color, and I just want to know how to determine that. I appreciate you sharing the information you did. That was interesting. But I don't really see how it relates to my question. I just want to know the procedure for determining whether someone is a person of color. Are you able to explain the procedure? Do I understand correctly from what you wrote that you are a person of color?
You're suggesting I don't have adult intellectual capacity, right? If it's an easy question, could you just answer it? I'm not sure what "treated as nonwhite" would entail.
mikekchar|7 years ago
I was looking in the mirror one time and suddenly thought, "Wow! I'm pink. I mean, not just a little pink -- I'm super pink". I'd never thought about it before. It's just that after a decade of looking at everybody else that has a kind of tanned complexion, my view of "normal" had changed.
I used to have a pink shirt. I took out my pink shirt and put it on. "Wow. I look like a peach", I thought. I've never worn that shirt again. It doesn't suit my complexion. I don't know why I thought it suited my complexion before. What was I thinking, pink on pink? It's just crazy.
Don't get me wrong. I don't mind being pink. I've been pink my whole life and for a large majority of it, I didn't even notice. Most people were pink where I grew up. There were other people who were more tanned, and even some people who were kind of super tanned. I never really paid attention to it. It didn't matter to me. But after I realised that I was super pink, I started to wonder if those people realised that they were super tanned. Did it bother them?
Some people (very few to be honest) have treated me poorly only because I was pink. It hasn't really bothered me so far. It's not like I can change colour. In my original country, some people treated me poorly because I liked computers too much. When I moved to Japan, some people treated me poorly because I liked Japan too much. I probably could have changed those things, but I didn't. People treating me poorly for stupid reasons is crappy, but I'm too stubborn to worry about it much. I've met people who have suffered greatly because of it, though. I feel bad for them.
Anyway, it doesn't really matter, but I think the real answer to your question is that if you've never thought about it, then you are not a person of colour. If you suddenly realise what colour you are, then you will be. Whether you are or not makes very little difference to most people except you. Hopefully people won't treat you poorly (including because of what colour they think you are), but... there's always something isn't there? Whether it's because of your colour, or because they think you are annoying, or because they are just mad at something completely different and decide to take it out on you.
But yeah, the colour thing exists, even if you aren't aware of it.
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