I never realised I was wasian until about 13
I am half thai half english and as a kid I never thought about my skin color/ethnicity.I was born in England.I knew my mam was thai so that would make me half thai, but I didn't speak thai, I never hung around with other thai kids and my mam would call her parents to talk to me every couple of months. I remember my aunty would always say to me my brown skin was beautiful and I would always get defensive saying "no I'm not brown I'm white!". No one ever told me that just because I was born in the UK doesn't mean I'm white or fully english. My mam would always comment on my looks saying that I looked farang (foreigner in thai) or that I looked english and stuff like that. I never even realised I looked asian until some people would make fun of me or ask questions about Thailand. Even though I'm always going to feel more english than thai and feel like I'm stuck between two worlds because both sides of my family can't live where i am, I'm trying to connect with my thai side. When my parents take me to Thailand I'm trying to practice my thai and talk to my family more and eat more thai food. Now when I look in the mirror I realise I'm definitely wasian.