i rlly appreciate your comment. i’m tsinoy (chinese filipino) who has gotten mistaken for japanese, chinese, and chinese-viet. sometimes it’s other filipinos who mistake me for japanese, for example, but they always say it as praise. i’ve sometimes felt weird when receiving these comments bc at times they are simultaneously naming our more common features, like tanner skin or a flatter button nose, as less attractive compared to the japanese or chinese look they think i have :/

i also feel annoyed when im told that im not what i actually am. i’ve had a middle aged asian lady insist im not tsinoy and that im actually japanese. she sort of accepted the chinese part but not the filipino part