Adrianna Tan

Barbara just saying what lots of people say to any Asian person they know.

You wouldn’t believe how many ‘you remind me of this one Asian woman I had an affair with in 1988 she was really beautiful’ messages I get here

#AAPI

Feb 25 at 10:00pmWeb
Show threadJeremy KahnFeb 25

@skinnylatte wow.

that's like the "oh you're from Boston? Do you know Matt Damon" but with an extra side of racism

Show threadDave AlvaradoFeb 25

@skinnylatte wow. She got an effect named after this and she *still does it*.

Woman on the left knows what's up. 🤣

Show threadIrene ZhangFeb 26
@skinnylatte memorably, I had this happen to me in an interview except he said Oriental and he was the VP of HR at Oracle.
Show threadSashinFeb 26
@irene @skinnylatte wtf
Show threadChad McCulloughFeb 26
@sashin Yeah, you beat me to it. WTF?!?!?!?

@irene @skinnylatte
Show threadIrene ZhangFeb 26
@cmccullough @sashin @skinnylatte yeah it was pretty weird because it was also in his hotel room and this was my senior year at college. So it was just me and this old white guy. It was for a leadership program that they had at the time (possibly for minorities?). He said I hired an Oriental once and she was a real hard worker. 🤦‍♀️
Show threadIrene ZhangFeb 26
@cmccullough @sashin @skinnylatte oh also this was in 2008, so we’re not talking like the 80s.
Show threadChad McCulloughFeb 26
@irene @sashin @skinnylatte Oh, wow.
Show threadSashinFeb 26
@skinnylatte this is so unbelievably weird
Show threadjohn.brown_typefaceFeb 26

@skinnylatte
so the woman on the right is Mrs. Choy or...?

but she does have a point, Chinese people do exist

Show threadjohn.brown_typefaceFeb 26
@skinnylatte
also i like that the grammar suggests she might still be working in the Choy's restaurant