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I was completely lost as I stood there listening to this young guy lecturing me on how I became black!!!
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oh dear...
White folks get some strange things too. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. I've heard of schools looking for a 'white' teacher instead of a 'native speaker'. Many times I've been asked to go to a meeting because it looks good to have a white guy there. On the negative side, just watch the taxi drivers and people at the markets jack up the prices when they see me.
Interestingly enough, white people are called 'matsalleh' here in Malaysia, and it's not considered derogatory but no one knows why we're called it. The word itself is a common Malay name and doesn't seem to have any special connotation. It's as if Americans decided to call all Malay people 'Derek' for no apparent reason!