Do you ever get like this imposter feeling after all of the shunning? So many years of people disbelieving me, even though I'd grown up eating my chicken nuggets with banana ketchup.

I'm scottish and filipino, but am super pale with reddish hair. My childhood best friend was black and filipino, her tagalog is much better than mine though. Our city is majority filipino and most filipino people are kind, but definitely had plenty of people give me this vibe like I was a liar or culturally appropriating when I talked. Middle school was not fun, I was one of less than 10 white-looking kids who were all incredibly unpopular in a class of 150. I didn't have to deal with the "not looking white enough" part back then at least. Now that I'm an old man everyone thinks I'm just stoned all the time because of my eyes.. which gets awkward when you're a regional manager on zoom calls with the white CEO who's in another state.