#71 Being the only white person around
February 20, 2008 by clander
This concept ties heavily into post #7 Diversity and post #19 Travelling, but is important that you fully understand how white people view authenticity and experience.
In most situations, white people are very comforted by seeing their own kind. However, when they are eating at a new ethnic restaurant or traveling to a foreign nation, nothing spoils their fun more than seeing another white person.
Many white people will look into the window of an ethnic restaurant to see if there are other white people in there. It is determined to be an acceptable restaurant if the white people in there are accompanied by ethnic friends. But if there is a table occupied entirely by white people, it is deemed unacceptable.
The arrival of the “other white people” to either restaurants or vacation spots instantly means that lines will grow, authenticity will be lost, and the euphoria of being a cultural pioneer will be over.
Being aware of this can be extremely valuable in your efforts to gain the trust of white friends and co-workers. If you bring a white person to an ethnic restaurant and another white person (or group of white people) shows up, you can lose all respect and trust that you have worked so hard to acquire. Do your best to find a table with a divider, or ask the waiter to put future white people out of sight.
Note: This does not apply to night clubs.
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I was in downtown Johannesburg, feeling rather intrepid (as i thought i was the only white person and the lonely planet told me not to go there without a black escort, no pun intended).
Then i saw one of those little black albinos. i was torn. i knew I would score extra travel points having seen one in real life, but i couldn’t help feeling that they hijacked my only white person moment.
Does that count?
How much do you have to tip to get the waiter to put future white people out of sight?
I HATE going to a foreign country and being the only white person around, especially in a country that gets very few white visitors. When I was in Zambia little kids would cry and scream when they would see a white person because they had never seen one before. Also so many people will want to touch your hair and they don’t even ask, I really didn’t like it
Then don’t go to a shithole like Zambia. Good lord.
I used to like being the only white guy around, but I got over it when I went to India. Its one thing to be the only white guy in a room in America, its something else entirely to be the only white person in the city (maybe not entirely true, but I didn’t see any whities in Pune or Barreilly (sp?)).
Everywhere I went (outside tourist areas) there were literally 200+ people in my field of vision. At least half of them would stop what they were doing to stare at me. Very unnerving. I now appreciate my little white cocoon.
(Hey, is “going to India” a SWPL category? It should be! People who go to India are stupid white people!)
well your stupid.
an indian person works for the company that makes everything u own. hte indian designed it in the IT department, the chink made it in china, and the white guy takes all the credit
WTF does that have to do with this article or this comment… keep it relevant
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