Back in multiracial Singapore, the answer to the ethnicity question was simple. As a member of the majority race, I was unambiguously Chinese.
“Hey, are you Chinese?” “Yes.” Done. Such exchanges were quintessentially Singaporean: short and direct.
Now based in the United States, however, I’ve discovered that introducing myself has become a diplomatic exercise with varying complexity levels. Depending on the audience and context, some situations are more entertaining (read difficult) to navigate...
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