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Btw,what are you taken as outside of Oceania or by people unaware of Oceanians?I recall your photos from a while back,and over here(the Americas) you would probably be mistaken as "Hispanic" of Caribbean or South American origins(the terms Zambo and Triracial come to mind),by people unaware of Oceanians.

Here are some of them:

Indonesian – and that’s the closest guess. I don’t mind it at all.

Indian as in Desi – I don’t know which parts of India they are referring to but it may be because I have a tonne of Indian friends and if I am with them, this is what other people might assume. I used to be called “little Indian boy” growing up too. (That’s another story)

Sri Lankan – well I really don’t know how that happened there but I got called it several times. I am still unsure about it especially considering that I am built according to the ‘typical Pacific Islander Specifications’ (muscles and all). Maybe they were refereeing to my face? I don’t know.

Sudanese – by someone who had worked in Khartoum and had never been to Oceania. We met somewhere and he asked if I was Sudanese so I had to explain to him. Sudanese are slender. I’m not thin and also not fat. I am built wide from shoulder to shoulder and my arms and legs carry a whole lot more flesh (in the muscle sense).

I went to get a haircut. There was an Arab barber there. I don’t know his specific country of origin. And although he didn’t say where he thought I was from, he started speaking Arabic to me. He was trying to ask about how short I wanted my hair and also which part (of his world) that I came from.

But there are also instances of other pacific Islanders , however, that would walk up to me and just plainly ask me about the island in the Pacific I originate from. I guess I can’t hide from my own kind.

My mom would probably pass as an exotic black women and my dad gets called Eurasian on his travels so I would like to exaggerate it further and say that he could pass as a handsome Eurasian guy.

I am the product of that.









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