Assignment 22 - Justin Zhu

My entire life I've rarely found many other Chinese kids and people in my daily life. On top of being naturally gifted at math and science I've experienced every kind of stereotypical or racist Chinese joke in the book. "You have glasses because you can't see since your Asian." "He's Asian of course he's good at math." "I bet you get good grades in order to become a doctor." Over time I've become practically numb to these kinds of jokes. I don't especially care or react when someone references my race in a joke. Personally, I feel like a reaction similar to mine is better for getting rid of insensitive jokes because most people who make racial jokes feed on the reaction. I've found the less I react the less I have to put up with the ignorance in insensitivity of other people. This kind of reaction allows me to situate myself in new situations where I meet more people who don't realize they can get a rise out of me.