What other ethnicities have you been mistaken for?

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BBN

i've been mistaken for a filipino and yet i am a filipino. does it make sense?

j a

I'm Mexican and I've been confused for a white Filipino by other FIlipinos.

Chris

Samoan, Hawaiian, etc. But I have to admit I have heard Filipino's claim to be everything you can imagine...I hear them say they are Japanese, Hawaiian, French, German, etc. They will be whatever benefits them at the time.

Mari

I'm a Filipina but often mistaken as Japanese (Okinawan)..

pinkjade

I have been mistaken for an Asian (East to SE Asian) ethnicity anywhere I go. I have even been mistaken for being a local Panamanian when I was there. It has happened to me in all areas of the world when you speak a bit of the the local dialect. Even a local Polynesian too!

But it was the funniest when children in Arctic Canada we were not one of them from another island. My friend did not like it and was so offended. She commented she was not that ugly. lol
But I told her to look at the young kids. Some of them were very pretty. The old folks must have not aged well due to the harsh conditions living north of the Arctic circle.

Big P

I am African american, i've been mistaken for Arabic.

Some think I'm white. I'm really Pink.

italian, latino, chinese

Pauline S

im a filipina too, and sometimes i'm mistaken as chinese, japanese and korean,

Haaay[; â„¢

Im Filipina, I been mistaken for Mexican, Indian, Black, and Chinese. Lol. But do me I dont see the Indian or Black that others see. Even chinese. Lol. And im brown[= Aha. But I do see why they see the Mexican because I do have a little Spanish blood in me. Haha.

mang leonidas!

Chinese- because my great-grandmother is from mainland China

kahlan nynaeveÂ®

Any other Southeast Asian nationality like Malaysian or Indonesian. Or a Latina, thanks to my Dad's Spanish lineage.

rootbeery

I'm from colombia and ive been mistaked as someone from India and although mexico for me is not a different ethnicity, i was still shocked when i was mistaken for a mexican..multiple times hehe but i guess theres not much difference

Jess Q

Indian, Middle Eastern, Native American, Hispanic, Russian

marla

im Filipina and ive been mistaken for Thai, Malaysian, Indonesian, Mexian and chinese...!

Juan C

most of the time Hispanic (especially Mexican)... sometimes, Indian...

Beetlle

been mistaken for indian, arab, sometimes american and recently mexican.

Mickey the zombie

Russian lol my fathers a Chinese and my mothers a Pinay

Alriciano

native american.

mexican

sw33tazn28

I'm Filipina & been commonly mistaken for Chinese, Indian (India) and Thai.

Lilli Ann M

I am Filipina (by heritage) and I am as brown as my fellow Filipinos. But where I am, there's only a few Filipinos. The Hispanics here are few too but they outnumber us so local residents would lump us all in one basket - we are all Hispanics in their eyes.

A.W.

In America Filipinos are often mistaken for Mexican because they don't get out much and they can't tell the difference.

In The Philippines Australians, English, Kiwi, German, Swiss are all mistaken for Americano.....because they don't get out much and can't tell the difference.

For someone who's ever been to The Philippines it's easy to tell a Filipino from the others. Likewise, if a Filipino ever been to USA it's easy to distinguish an American from the others.

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