This isn't today (Sorry). This was when I was in grade 3. I think.

I attended an international school in Thailand, and coming from Korea, hardly ever does one encounter foreigners there. I used to get absolutely hyped when I saw a foreigner. I was like that stereotypical Asian kid in advertisements and whatnot that literally overreacted to simple stuff like those.

But moving to Thailand... Plenty of foreigners here. Especially since I was in an international school. I was beyond bewildered to see such diversity! Seeing other Koreans did happen, but it was definitely fun to try to interact with people of different race and nationalities.

But on the 4th day of school, or somewhere before the end of first week of school, my female cousin (Who was in grade 8 at this time) was talking with her Indian friend. She stopped talking, and at one point I said to her: "You know, Indian people seem to have 4 things in common, they seem to wear bun hats, have long hair and eyelashes, and dark skins!". 

Big.... Big... BIG mistake...

My cousin looked at me funny. Then she translated what I said to the Indian friend of hers. Then the friend had this look of disapproval. I, being the idiot innocent kid I was, looked around and wondered why I was getting some funny stares and whatnot around me (This was in the schoolbus... Which was really a minivan.)

At dinner at my aunt's house, I got branded as a racist that day. My aunt told this story to my mother, my uncle told me how India's the second biggest in population and could shit on Korea whenever they could (I think that's what he said?), while I became a gossip subject for my female cousin while my male cousin (In grade 10) really couldn't care much other than scolding me a little.

Even to this day, eating Indian food gives me a little bit of guilt.
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I said something to my cousin in Thailand that had a racist connotation and made the rest
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This isn't today (Sorry). This was when I was in grade 3. I think.

I attended an international school in Thailand, and coming from Korea, hardly ever does one encounter foreigners there. I used to get absolutely hyped when I saw a foreigner. I was like that stereotypical Asian kid in advertisements and whatnot that literally overreacted to simple stuff like those.

But moving to Thailand... Plenty of foreigners here. Especially since I was in an international school. I was beyond bewildered to see such diversity! Seeing other Koreans did happen, but it was definitely fun to try to interact with people of different race and nationalities.

But on the 4th day of school, or somewhere before the end of first week of school, my female cousin (Who was in grade 8 at this time) was talking with her Indian friend. She stopped talking, and at one point I said to her: "You know, Indian people seem to have 4 things in common, they seem to wear bun hats, have long hair and eyelashes, and dark skins!". 

Big.... Big... BIG mistake...

My cousin looked at me funny. Then she translated what I said to the Indian friend of hers. Then the friend had this look of disapproval. I, being the idiot innocent kid I was, looked around and wondered why I was getting some funny stares and whatnot around me (This was in the schoolbus... Which was really a minivan.)

At dinner at my aunt's house, I got branded as a racist that day. My aunt told this story to my mother, my uncle told me how India's the second biggest in population and could shit on Korea whenever they could (I think that's what he said?), while I became a gossip subject for my female cousin while my male cousin (In grade 10) really couldn't care much other than scolding me a little.

Even to this day, eating Indian food gives me a little bit of guilt.
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In grade 3, accidentally said that Indian people didn't have 4 things in common like other races,
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