XIOMARA'S RACIAL ADVENTURES IN SECOND LIFE
1) I had a guy ask me if I was Latina in real life. When I answered that indeed I am, he replied "Ooh, just like 8th Street Latinas!" He was perplexed that I wasn't interested in speaking with him after that.
2) I was chatting with this girl who was fairly new and seemed nice. We were speaking about our experiences with people from across the globe, when she said "The worst people I've met here are those damn spics." I paused for a moment, then informed her that I was one of those damn spics. She became instantly apologetic, swore she had no idea that "spic" was a racial slur because she was English, and begged for my forgiveness. I just left.
3) I had a noob insist that I couldn't possibly be Latina in real life because "you don't speak Mexican". When I kindly asked him to explain how one speaks Mexican, his reply was "you know, loud and sassy". I kept asking him to elaborate further, since I am not Mexican. He just got pissed off at me and ran. Since I don't know a lot of Mexicans in
SL or RL, I still don't know how to speak Mexican.
4) Mostly, I just confuse Brazilians who seem to think I'm one of them. The ones who tell me I look Brazilian almost always look like Malibu Barbie and Ken.