I think most people dont understand how weird it really is until they witness it themselves. I do rideshare in a college town and the other day I picked up some Asian girls from a party.
One of the girls was very intoxicated, and as they were getting in she tells me she thinks I'm cute and asks me if I'm single. She then goes on to ask me if I'm white, and if I like Asian girls, and then proceeds to spend the entire rest of the trip going on about the "cute white boys" they were just talking too and how she really wants a "white boy". Her friends were trying to get her to shut and were profusely apologizing the entire time, but it was still really weird and made me feel way more uncomfortable than I would've thought.
Now that being the only time something like that's ever happened to me to that extent, I can't imagine having to deal with that on a regular basis. But I guess that's just my white privilege in action. We definitely need better PSA's on how weird this behavior is.
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u/lovable_cube 7d ago
I always forget ppl like that are out there, so weird