Have you ever been mistaken for another race?

[buttons]

jw cause i was asking some guy if he was from like Portugal & Mexico (shup i hate geography) turns out he's from Egypt


he then tried to guess me (my mum and her fam are scottish, my dad and his are russian), he guesses polish and swedish :(

[Blinger$]

swedish... but thats because im swiss

[Pyroka]

i got called czech once LMAO

[Matthew]

someone thought i (myself and my family) were greeks, we look nothing like them lol

[Samantha.]

I haven't been mistaken! Everybody assumes i'm English which I am lol

[FlyingJesus]

Quite a few people say Nigeria or Ethiopia when I'm actually from the Gambia

[-:Undertaker:-]

I have been before because i'm dark haired and darker skinned, I myself wonder if theres any ancestry from another race within the family.

[PaulMacC]

chinese LAWL

[Metric1]

yes, i've been mistaken for indian and native (which i partly am, less than 1/8th so no status card in canada) i'm just french & italian so i'm wicked dark

[emotional]

when i first saw you i thought you were Indian jen

o/t nope i haven't

[Conservative,]

I was asked if I was African during a show once (not here)...and I've been asked if I'm American a few times xD

[buttons]

when i first saw you i thought you were Indian jen

o/t nope i haven't
except the fact i am blonde, blue eyed & pale ;l u look jewish

[Jordan]

Someone has told me I look german... lol

[jackass]

Some people think i'm Italian for some reason.

[hairpins]

pmsl yeh thts happned to mi b4
sum1 thort eye was from scotland eye was lyke hun eye am from asia lol…

[rnix]

pmsl yeh thts happned to mi b4
sum1 thort eye was from scotland eye was lyke hun eye am from asia lol…

Why do i not find that hard to believe? :)

People thought i was polish. and loads of other things :L

[-Danube-]

When i went to Italy all the natives thought i was German. It seemed that they knew more German than English too and because i can speak a bit of German myself i found it easier to communicate.

Think they thought i was german cos i'm Blonde Haired and Blue eyed which is kind of a german stereotype i think? Also the northern english accent may sound german to italians :P

[Special]

no i'd be offended if i were

[Richie]

No but people sometimes call me Chinese cos my eyes are really small :(

[Apple]

Thankfully not but I'd probably be pretty offended if it did happen.

[Samantha]

Well would [@]Scottish [/@] thinking I'm German be applicable? Cos im english from england.

[Shar]

A lot of the time, but I don't mind really.

[Con]

I got asked where I was from a few times? But that's because I go on holiday a lot and tan really well :L
but then I've also been asking if I'm wearing fake tan when it's real :'(

[RandomManJay]

I was subject to racism on a bus from work once. The guy was pissed and he thought I was polish and said that I was taking all his jobs away. I don't really know how he thought I was though, I was just listening to my ipod.

[Apple]

I was subject to racism on a bus from work once. The guy was pissed and he thought I was polish and said that I was taking all his jobs away. I don't really know how he thought I was though, I was just listening to my ipod.

When you can hear peoples music on the bus through their headphones, it can sometimes sound very different from what the song actually is. So maybe he thought your music sounded foreign/polish?

[RandomManJay]

I've I remember correctly the song was german with Rammstein - Mein Hers Brennt :D. But it wasn't load, I tend to get really dirty looks off people if they hear me listening to it xD!

It might have had contributed to it, or he was just looking for someone to abuse :rolleyes:. It wouldn't suprise me, given the town I grew up in.


When you can hear peoples music on the bus through their headphones, it can sometimes sound very different from what the song actually is. So maybe he thought your music sounded foreign/polish?

[luce]

no because i am from birmingham originating from WW2 and beyond so i don't think i have any ethnic groups in my genealogy. Plus where i live now, Guernsey, literally has about 3 "colored" people on it. I'm not ignorant to it and i'm not rasist just saying.

HOWEVER i do it all the time haha since there has been a massive intake of latvians and Portuguese people here i get confused all the time like there are none at schools but in restaurants etc

[Conservative,]

Today I got asked if I was American.

[luce]

Today I got asked if I was American.

i would love to be american i would take that as a compliment.

[Conservative,]

i would love to be american i would take that as a compliment.

Never said I found it offensive and tbh I wanna live in America when I'm older so yh

[Roxy]

on holiday i was mistaken for being Spanish a few times, but other than that nah i look pretty English.

[Panda]

no not at all i look pretty french

[Sharon]

Japanese :l

[wiktoria]

someone irl thought I was Russian and this woman asked if I was half cast :S

[Nikki]

I'm half Italian but when I'm in Italy they are all really surprised I can speak Italian, because I look so English.

[Rapidshare]

People think Im a pakistani becs my dad dad family and that, but i still class myself full british who just tans easily really.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I've been asked if i've got some 'Indian' in me.

but also spanish and italian

[Zak]

People used to call me Mexican, then Chinese. I have no idea why, apparently it was because it bugged me in school. *sigh* bullies.