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Asians think they know everybody

Living here in the Silicon Valley feels like living in several Asian countries. You go to one area, and you have all the Vietnamese and Chinese places, you go to another area, and there are lots of Korean places, and other areas are just exclusively Chinese and Taiwanese, etc. Yes, there are a lot of Asians over here. One thing that annoys me recently is getting stared down by Asians. They always look at me like they know me, and in my mind I'm just thinking, "Yes, I'm Asian, and no, you don't know me". Now, if it were 30 years ago, when the Asian presence wasn't as strong, I'd be more understanding of it, but still feel weird about it I guess. The worst case of this happened a few months ago, when I pulled into a parking lot, and some dorky looking Asian guy was standing at the entrance of the parking lot, stared me down, and then even stepped in front of my car. He kept staring into my car, with this dorky smile, and I'm looking at him with a WTF? look. He finally realizes that I'm not who he is looking for I guess, and just turns away. Sheesh! People in the Asian community over here definitely are a bit racist to think that we all look alike. Damn immigrants...