riyaap13
Gadsden, United States
Today, while I was shopping, a girl walked past me and said, "Hola!" I'm Indian. FML
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riyaap13 17
Hey everyone, OP here! I just wanted to take this opportunity to explain a few things: 1) I am a female (not that it matters), and I am "India Indian" haha. 2) The reason why I was so offended by it was because she said it in almost a mocking tone. I also didn't like that she took one look at me and assumed that I was Mexican (not that there's anything wrong with being Mexican). I just don't believe in classifying people by how they look and automatically assuming they're a part of a certain ethnicity. 3) I have been taking Spanish for 3-4 years, so I can speak Spanish quite well. And I'm also so glad this got posted :)
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emeraldisle 30
She was just being friendly. Just because you're Indian doesn't mean you can't speak Spanish.
droid1126 25
^Believe it or not, not all Americans think like that. OP, there are some rude and ignorant people out there. Let's all just hope that she is the only one you'll have to deal with for a long time.
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kaitieloo 22
Ironically... My friend had the converse happen to her. She's in the tech industry, and a Latina, a very obvious one at that. She had an article written about her, and one of the comments on this article started out with "She's clearly Indian... No wonder she's in the tech industry." She was NOT thrilled.
RedCronos 17
At least she said hi.
just_killin_time 14
Apparently FML now means "arguably mildly irritating mundane BS"....
Canadiangrown 8
I speak Spanish ( proud Chilean over here) I don't get the offense here I get mistaken as portugués but I never feel offended. now if she was being rude I understand but jeez you people realize spanish is a language.... which is spoken by millions of people ... who aren't all Mexican. lol
NancyDeCastiel 4
Haha funny I'm Mexican and People always assume I'm Indian ?
asm9296 3
Then 'How'!
KyoshiroT 32
I have no idea why y'all are saying he deserved it, what it's his fault for being an Indian or shopping?