If you want a chance to laugh at yourself (if you're white), or if you're not white and want to laugh at white people (it's not entirely racist) read this blog stuffwhitepeoplelike.com. If you're white you've probably had this conversation with yourself:
"I'm a unique individual. I'm different from everyone else. Other people only like moleskin journals cause I do. I was the first person to wear Tom's. And it's ok to pay $50 for a pair cause Tom gives a pair to a starving child in the Mongolian tundra everytime I some. I'm saving the world by being fashionable!! I wear old Raybans cause they fit my style, not cause I think I'm cool. Driving a Prius, being a convenient vegetarian and doing yoga are just part of what I do. I studied abroad cause unlike everyone else who went for school credit, I'm cultured. I rode the Euro trains and slept in a hostel in Paris while I was there to see the Louvre. Organic food from farmers markets is healthier cause I'm buying it from a farmer and it says organic on the label. And the tiny vegetables go great with hummus. Riding a fixie bike? Why wouldn't I? Of course, I only ride it when I'm not riding my retro 1972 kickback Vespa to the coffee shop for a chai or mate. Soccer? Of course, anything to make me seem foreign and give me an excuse to wear my Spain National Team jersey that I picked up during my study abroad while I pretend to watch the world cup. I'm going to only speak Mandarin to my kids at home so they're completely bilingual by the time they're 4. Well, no I don't speak Mandarin, but I'll hire a Chinese nanny who doesn't speak English."
Now being from Utah, 98% of the people I know are white. There are a few Asians in there, a few Hispanics, maybe a few people from the Middle East or Africa but most are just plain vanilla folk like myself who do most of this (including me). So go ahead and have a laugh, I did.
"I'm a unique individual. I'm different from everyone else. Other people only like moleskin journals cause I do. I was the first person to wear Tom's. And it's ok to pay $50 for a pair cause Tom gives a pair to a starving child in the Mongolian tundra everytime I some. I'm saving the world by being fashionable!! I wear old Raybans cause they fit my style, not cause I think I'm cool. Driving a Prius, being a convenient vegetarian and doing yoga are just part of what I do. I studied abroad cause unlike everyone else who went for school credit, I'm cultured. I rode the Euro trains and slept in a hostel in Paris while I was there to see the Louvre. Organic food from farmers markets is healthier cause I'm buying it from a farmer and it says organic on the label. And the tiny vegetables go great with hummus. Riding a fixie bike? Why wouldn't I? Of course, I only ride it when I'm not riding my retro 1972 kickback Vespa to the coffee shop for a chai or mate. Soccer? Of course, anything to make me seem foreign and give me an excuse to wear my Spain National Team jersey that I picked up during my study abroad while I pretend to watch the world cup. I'm going to only speak Mandarin to my kids at home so they're completely bilingual by the time they're 4. Well, no I don't speak Mandarin, but I'll hire a Chinese nanny who doesn't speak English."
Now being from Utah, 98% of the people I know are white. There are a few Asians in there, a few Hispanics, maybe a few people from the Middle East or Africa but most are just plain vanilla folk like myself who do most of this (including me). So go ahead and have a laugh, I did.
2 comments:
I ride a fixie. I've been to China thrice and plan on teaching the kiddo's Mandarin. I don't have TV, that stuff rots your brain. The only rap I like is heiroglyphics.
I tell ya, if I were a vegetarian/vegan, coffee drinking obama supporter with a thing for asian chicks I'd be 100% on their list.
love that blog. and found out that i am pretty white despite what i look like! :) -jen
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