“Where are you from?” “San Francisco.” “No, but where are you really from? Where are your parents from?” This type of questioning is not foreign to me anymore, in fact, it’s something that I’m almost used to. Sometimes I like to say “Africa,” just to watch the disbelief unfold over the other person’s face. And the thing is, it’s not unique to just countries where there are low Asian populations, I’ve had this conversation in places like Madrid, Spain, a city that has its own Chinatown! This got me thinking – what if more Asians traveled? Would there be less of these questions? Would people be more aware that there is life outside of their own race? Reasons Why More Asians Should Travel: 1. Spread awareness By traveling to other countries, Asians can increase awareness about Asia to other countries. It’s not even just Asia, it’s the fact that someone can be Asian American, which always seems to confuse people, like the Ecuadorian man that refused to believe that I could be from San Francisco. He was puzzled that I wasn’t white. But what is even more interesting is that the United States was originally inhabited by Native Americans…Funny how quickly history […]