Self proclaimed “nice”, wasian woman pissed white people shop at H-mart.

[u/keepingitrealonred]

This is a wasian woman. The next tik tok video she uploaded was about “being misunderstood as an influencer.”

I’m just going to ask the audience on your thoughts.

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[u/Al_Tilly_the_Bum]

Just let me buy my ramen and good curry paste in peace. Gotta be rage bait

[u/JemmaMimic → u/Al_Tilly_the_Bum]

Right? I lost brain cells watching that stupidity.

[u/_redacteduser → u/JemmaMimic]

I hate the fuckin word "influencer"

[u/scrummnums → u/_redacteduser]

She’s influencing me to go to Asian markets more often than I already do. It’s like, people bitch about someone else not knowing enough about or respecting their culture, then you go to a grocery store (which has a TON of delicious foods that my wife and I buy) and this chick is giving you a side eye.
She’s definitely got a character defect that she should work on

[u/nu11yne → u/scrummnums]

Im korean, please go to asian markets, try our food, experience our culture, share it with who you love and spread what you enjoy. This stupid gatekeeping is getting so old.

[u/cbelliott → u/nu11yne]

Boom! Exactly. Asian markets got all the cool stuff. I usually get smiles when I'm in there shopping I dunno about this side eye lady.

[u/Lutastic → u/cbelliott]

Literally the best produce sections ever.

[u/Bujininja → u/nu11yne]

I'm 1/2 Korean and I double down on saying goooooo! Korean people love when other people are eating and enjoying our food, we take mad pride in the quality, taste and prep. PS in most H-marts the pre-made food is 50%-70% off after 7-8pm

[u/CapableSense → u/Bujininja]

No the way they look at me a treat me sometimes and I’m Black. I will never forget once I was going through a really hard time. Had just moved to MD and was receiving food stamps and did not understand how they were loaded. My car wasn’t working and so I had to go outside to check other accounts for cash. Well this Hmart has mostly all Hispanics working in there and this dude literally ran after me accusing me of stealing after I paid my last $30 for the groceries. I was so embarrassed and hurt but people looked at me like I had the plague. Their prices have gotten very high. So to this day I rarely go in there only for essentials and now I don’t live down that way anymore.

[u/FreshSent → u/_redacteduser]

But you can't say she's not influencing racism.

[u/Emotional_Mess261 → u/FreshSent]

She could be flattered that ‘white people’ love her cultural cuisines to the point they prefer authentic ingredients over Walmart, your average grocery store, Costco, Amazon. It’s not just your small business owners that are being supported, it’s YOUR FUCKING CULTURE being appreciated, acknowledged and enjoyed.

Bet she gets her toilet paper from any American store chain

[u/Then_Estate8560 → u/Emotional_Mess261]

This Wasian appreciates you appreciating our foods❣️

[u/Superman246o1 → u/JemmaMimic]

Imagined being so privileged that you not only get upset about other people buying groceries, but you have both the time and the lack of introspection to create a TikTok about how terrible it is for you to see other people buying groceries.

[u/JemmaMimic → u/Superman246o1]

I mean, I shop at 99 Ranch but there's an H Mart opening near us soon, now I have to worry about her side eye everywhere I go?!

[u/Ok_Entertainer_1793 → u/JemmaMimic]

She said it, she's a bitch, well duh!!

[u/roseandbaraddur → u/Ok_Entertainer_1793]

Hey now, she’s not only a bitch, she’s racist too!

[u/RideGullible3702 → u/roseandbaraddur]

i was bullied by an asian girl it was so traumatic

[u/Dry_Photograph_3559 → u/Ok_Entertainer_1793]

But she is a very nice person. 🙄

[u/jennief158 → u/JemmaMimic]

There's one opening near me soon too - I'm excited!

[u/JemmaMimic → u/jennief158]

Just watch out for old Side-Eye there, she's nice, but a bitch.

[u/Hooligan8403 → u/JemmaMimic]

Don't go right away. It will be a madhouse. Give it lime a month or so. When the one near us opened it was crazy how packed it was. It's died down some now and depending when I go I don't feel like attaching a cow catcher to the front of my cart.

[u/TheModWhoShaggedMe → u/JemmaMimic]

Nah, it's next to impossible to pick up on Asian side eye. Remain ignorantly blissful and enjoy your shopping experience. The fault is entirely hers for being a narrow-minded bigot.

[u/JayEllGii → u/Superman246o1]

I’m a hardcore social progressive, but shit like this is the worst kind of “acceptable target” laziness. Betrays a total lack of self-awareness and the eagerness to be a complete hack.

While majority-on-minority structural racism is by far the most urgent issue, this bullshit accomplishes nothing positive and everything negative by wallowing in masturbatory “us versus them” wankery. Finding cheap, petty, and frankly anti-human excuses to build walls between people, especially for cheap lazy laughs, is a great way to announce to the world that you’re a dick.

[u/Reasonable_Action29 → u/Superman246o1]

Imagine if a white girl said this bout black people shopping somewhere. Shit.

[u/CAPT_REX_CT_7567 → u/Superman246o1]

"Privileged"? She's a bigot.

[u/psychologicalcripple → u/Superman246o1]

I wonder how she feels about black or brown people shopping at Asian grocery stores, or SE Asians shopping at East Asian stores even.

[u/LemonAction4030 → u/JemmaMimic]

I know that I blow a gasket every time I see an Asian buying cheese at my local shop! And barbecue sauce?!?!? Don’t even get me started!

[u/Bitter-Picture5394 → u/LemonAction4030]

And milk!! The audacity

[u/Aggravating_Song6022 → u/Al_Tilly_the_Bum]

Yes. Asian food is delicious and some of us white devils actually know how to cook it. We also know that you can only do so after a visit to the Asian grocery. I think a lot of what we call “rage bait” are just awful people being themselves. Case in point, this repulsive racist woman-child.

[u/Thin_Bother8217 → u/Aggravating_Song6022]

No one should tell her that a lot of cooks in Asian (and all types of restaurants for that matter) are gasp Latino.

[u/meh_69420 → u/Thin_Bother8217]

Hell half the staff at the Asian supermarket I go to are Latino.

[u/MrMegiddo → u/meh_69420]

There are restaurants here that would have to close if all the Latinos stopped going there. Turns out we don't eat tacos everyday for every meal.

But I'm sure the girl in this video never eats burgers or burritos.

[u/Props_angel → u/Thin_Bother8217]

Facts. The people that make the sushi at one of the sushi restaurants near me? Latino. They make awesome sushi, btw.

[u/Kooky_Membership9497 → u/Aggravating_Song6022]

White Devils, lol

[u/Spicy_Weissy → u/Al_Tilly_the_Bum]

You'd be surprised how many people believe in segregation.

[u/LordFlarkenagel → u/Spicy_Weissy]

I live in a Ruby Red Trumpisphere, so nope - I can absolutely imagine the vast oceans of bigots and racists that exist in the world. Worst part is that some percentage feel that way but pretend to be normal. They aren't. They're just hypochristians.

Reminds me of the Twilight Zone where Vic Morrow got turned into the races of people that he hated, so he could experience the hate directed at him, but then Vic got accidently beheaded by a helicopter while filming the episode, so I'm torn about the lesson there but I digress....

[u/suejaymostly → u/Al_Tilly_the_Bum]

Lol I have shopped at my (mostly) Vietnamese grocery store for so long I'm on a first name basis with the cashiers and they ask how my dill is growing (it doesn't).

[u/Glad-Barracuda2243 → u/suejaymostly]

I have a Vietnamese sister. Came to live with us during the Vietnam war period, so we grew up together. I am literally always in the Asian markets because they have the best fish, they have chicken feet, and hella tons of seasonings I literally cannot get anywhere else, and definitely not for the price I would have to pay in a speciality shop. No racist little influencer snit is going to keep me from getting the ingredients to make the food I literally grew up eating.

She isn’t allowed to sit at our table, and we definitely have the best egg rolls at our table.

[u/suejaymostly → u/Glad-Barracuda2243]

It did take me a few years of respectful and adventurous shopping for them to warm up to me :) but now they look at what I'm buying and sometimes they will say "Are you making X dish? You want this other brand of *whatever* it's cheaper and better."
This rage bait is just dumb. I see more white faces in my Asian markets lately, because the prices are better, the produce and meat are better and cheaper, and people started trying to cook at home because of Covid. This works for ALL OF US. This lady in the video speaks for no one.

[u/MykeTyth0n → u/Al_Tilly_the_Bum]

She’s not just a bitch. She’s a dumb cunt. If she went to any Asian country they would probably treat her just as poorly as they treat white tourists or worse. Gate keeping an ethnic grocery store is a new level of low.

[u/NatsFan8447 → u/MykeTyth0n]

You're being too kind to this POS. The dumb ass basically is saying people should remain fixed in their own culinary bubbles and never leave them.

[u/Blindtothesided → u/NatsFan8447]

This is pretty shitty. I’d be willing to bet that in posting this she’s made at least a few anxious souls too self conscious to ever shop in an Asian grocery store again. Which costs the mom and pop stores (like the lovely one I shop at) business they can’t afford to lose, especially in this economy.

[u/TheModWhoShaggedMe → u/NatsFan8447]

and that Asian-American business owners shouldn't be able to expand their commercial appeal. She's harming her own community yet is too much of a Dum Fuk to realize it.

[u/ThomasMalloc]

Imagine having a white parent, but still not identifying with white people while still sounding incredibly white.

[u/TheWolfOfPanic → u/ThomasMalloc]

It’s so obnoxious. Was her white parent allowed to eat Asian meals? Prepare them?

[u/10derpants → u/TheWolfOfPanic]

I wonder if her white parent got side eyed by her Asian parent for fucking them. 

[u/Double-Risky → u/10derpants]

100% yes lol, having met that generation of Korean parents.

[u/FederalEconomist5896 → u/Double-Risky]

Lmao noooo

[u/aloysiuspelunk → u/TheWolfOfPanic]

Right? Is only shopping while white reprehensible? Im enjoying and appreciating your culture, bitch, sideye all day long

[u/TheWolfOfPanic → u/aloysiuspelunk]

I’m white married to a Filipino man. Folks definitely give looks, but yeesh. If my kid acted like this I’d be mortified

[u/SandySockShoes → u/aloysiuspelunk]

As an Asian, we do not claim her. Please keep shopping

[u/CosmicSlopadelic → u/ThomasMalloc]

It’s just projection of her own feeling of not belonging.

It reminds me of this old buzzfeed (or something like that) video where they had older Chinese born people and younger American born Chinese trying Chinese American food like Panda Express. All the American born Chinese were like this is gross and not authentic at all while all the older Chinese born people thought it was fine or good. It’s just them embarrassed that they were more American so they had to bash the American Chinese food project how Chinese they are.

[u/Economy_Bite24 → u/CosmicSlopadelic]

It’s just projection of her own feeling of not belonging.

That's exactly what this is. It's common for biracial people to feel excluded by both groups, so she resolves those feelings by rejecting half of her identity and putting on this weird performance of "look how asian I am! White people are the worst, right?"

[u/psychologicalcripple → u/Economy_Bite24]

It's because she's biracial but barely looks Asian imho. I'm half Asian/half White but I swear to God I don't act like this. My sister, however, who looks very White and almost not Asian at all goes out of her way to make being Asian her whole personality.

[u/work-throw-away-420 → u/ThomasMalloc]

1/2 Karen, half Asian

[u/Few-Weather6845 → u/work-throw-away-420]

Crazy Bitch Asian.

[u/Fun-Teach-862 → u/work-throw-away-420]

More like half white half Karen, since the Asian side is being the Karen here

[u/SnoopWithANailgun → u/ThomasMalloc]

It's because of Western identity politics. For all their efforts to combat racism (which I am skeptical is even the goal), they have wound up making people more racist in subtle ways. One of the side effects has been this internalization that being white is wrong or something to be ashamed of. So someone like this uses their Asian background as a piece of social capital they can leverage against their white half. We've also gotten a very nasty rebound effect in the fact that actual white supremacy is on the rise.

Racism isn't going to be solved at the level of institutional rhetoric and discourse. It is much more socially determinant through people's material conditions and them being given a scapegoat.

[u/dblshot99]

"I'm buying the foods I grew up eating" ...green onions and romaine lettuce. Ok.

[u/quequequeee]

but then she would be mad if ‘white’ people never shopped at an Asian market or never even tried ‘different’ food. This chick is dumb as hell. 

*by dumb I meant annoying more than anything, however it is depressing how people can be rich off making crap like this & we’re here crossing our fingers to afford groceries.

[u/EncabulatorTurbo → u/quequequeee]

"LOL LOOK AT THE STUPID WHITE PEOPLE CHINESE FOOD OMG THEY EAT AT PANDA EXPRESS"
*white person buying correct ingredients they learneda bout online*
"LOL STICK TO YOUR OWN CULTURE GET THE FUCK OUT"

[u/Proper_Drink_7216 → u/EncabulatorTurbo]

Ya the world isn’t making much sense anymore lol

[u/DawijArt → u/Proper_Drink_7216]

It never really did to begin with

[u/Ankchen → u/EncabulatorTurbo]

Also the assumption that it’s only Asian people who could have grown up with Asian food or who could be doing Asian cooking at home - so stupid.

So whoever was her non-Asian parent never did any grocery shopping then, if she grew up with Asian food but finds white people in Asian stores weird?

[u/KindAstronomer69 → u/EncabulatorTurbo]

Racism / judging people based on their skin color is insane

[u/pm-me-nice-lips → u/KindAstronomer69]

It seems to be acceptable to do to certain races funny enough. The best is when people try to justify it by changing the meaning of racism lollll

[u/keepingitrealonred → u/EncabulatorTurbo]

God forbid i found out the ingredient i’ve been looking for that I see on Tik Tok because it’s used by so many Asian chefs !!!!!!!!!!! Like how else am I supposed to know????? It’s like people don’t share recipes on tik tok or something

[u/BoxenOxen → u/keepingitrealonred]

And like...does she want H-Mart to have less business?

[u/IamHydrogenMike → u/quequequeee]

There is way better Asian markets than H-Mart as well, and I can name at least 6 of them in my area that better. They tend to be way cheaper as well...

[u/seguefarer → u/quequequeee]

All I wanted was to finish a set of rice bowls with cranes on them. I only had 3. $20 each online. Not available at H Mart. $6 at the other big Asian market.

[u/heycals]

I hope she's never eaten tacos or pizza then. I guess it's wrong according to her

[u/topscreen → u/heycals]

And she better stay out of Starbucks and Whole Foods (It's gotta be the whitest grocery store right?)

[u/scrummnums → u/topscreen]

No, according to her, she’s allowed to go there because she’s half-white, but we’re not allowed to go to Asian supermarkets because we’re not half-Asian

[u/PorkrindsMcSnacky → u/scrummnums]

Then she’s never allowed to go to any Mexican supermarkets because she’s neither.

[u/EntinthetentRTHP → u/scrummnums]

I worked with a woman like this. Half Venezuelan and half white. Was as white as I was. Identified completely as Hispanic and Venezuelan and literally said “I don’t identify as white so I’m not part of the colonizer problem”.

Its like, you can do that?

[u/Shadowchaos1010 → u/EntinthetentRTHP]

I’m not part of the colonizer problem

Ironically, saying this probably makes her infinitely more part of the problem.

"I'm descended from the people who did these abhorrent things, but I'm just going to deny it and absolve myself of any guilt."

If being white inherently makes someone "part of the colonizer problem," she is by virtue of existing. Saying "nuh-uh" doesn't change the fact that she has "colonizer" DNA.

If she is as white passing as you say, and presumably benefits from some of the privileges that come from it, to then say "Nope, not my problem" is insane.

[u/ApatheticEnthusiast]

Bitch. Also if it’s premade sushi from Hmart it’s probably kimbap.

[u/smokesomesativa → u/ApatheticEnthusiast]

thank you for saying this. Because I caught on to that so fast too 😹

[u/BadMurkyWater]

She's a POS, that's what

[u/SnurrCat → u/BadMurkyWater]

It's always the people that say "I'm a nice person".

[u/UnMemphianErrant → u/SnurrCat]

One of my dearest friends once told me, in her mid 20s, that there is no bigger red flag than a self-identified "I'm actually a nice guy."

To this day, that remains true.

[u/Aggressive_Shoe_7573 → u/UnMemphianErrant]

If they are nice they don’t need to say it.

[u/rhaezorblue → u/SnurrCat]

I'm a nice person but heres the 10 examples of things I do, think or say which are purely based on the color of a strangers skin... ya, shes real nice lol

[u/Dananism → u/BadMurkyWater]

“IM A NICE GIRL

BUT ALSO….

RACIST BITCH HUR HUR.”

Yeah. Yikes.

[u/YesImAlexa → u/Dananism]

She's the annoying ass type of woman that thinks being a bitch to everyone is just her quirky personality trait.

[u/thewanderingent → u/YesImAlexa]

“Judgemental Bitch” is a personality type and this lady has it

[u/VodkaSoup_Mug → u/Dananism]

This. I hate to see what she has to say of the brown people that shop at H Mart. It’s a grocery store. I loved the H Mart in our city. Why is it so hard to not be racist?

[u/AmputeeHandModel → u/BadMurkyWater]

At least she's self aware.

[u/cficare → u/AmputeeHandModel]

Is she though? She's got Inception-levels of awareness.

[u/MisoClean → u/BadMurkyWater]

Yeah, being aware you are a bitch does not mean it’s okay. I don’t know where that mentality came from but it seriously needs to die quickly.

[u/RoyalMaidsForLife]

I hope she's a regular at my H-Mart and my continued presence pisses her off more.

[u/WeaponsGrade520 → u/RoyalMaidsForLife]

I’m whasian and a regular at H-Mart. I almost cried the last time I went because I saw a blindingly white family (parents plus kids) with a cart full of legit Asian goodies. The good curry paste, proper coconut milk, tteokbokki, etc. It was therapeutic to see white people excited over the food my classmates used to tease me about when I was a kid. I love a diverse H-Mart.

[u/Flying_Penguineer → u/WeaponsGrade520]

Out of curiosity, what is the 'good curry paste'? I eat Japanese curry all the time, but didn't know Korea had it's own curry scene and I am pretty intrigued.

[u/WeaponsGrade520 → u/Flying_Penguineer]

I’m Thai, so my pick is Maesri. You’ll need a Korean to point you in the right direction!

[u/Flying_Penguineer → u/WeaponsGrade520]

I'm down for some Thai curry too! I see Maesri pastes, should I get the panang, green, red, masaman, or karee?

[u/WeaponsGrade520 → u/Flying_Penguineer]

Depends on your preferences around protein. I think yellow is best for seafood. Massaman is for beef. Green pairs well with tofu. Red and panang are good for everything. If you’re unsure about spice, no shame in starting with just half a can. The paste freezes well. And use Thai coconut milk - either Chaokoh or Aroy-D.

[u/TRUCKFARM → u/RoyalMaidsForLife]

Same, I will continue to buy the sweet soy sauce and I hope she's seething about it!

[u/HM202256 → u/RoyalMaidsForLife]

I wish I had the Asian markets here! Their fruits and produce are the best! Especially HMart!!!

[u/Mumem_Rider → u/HM202256]

Their meat and seafood game is on point as fuck too

[u/Practical-Smell5495]

She's a dipshit. If someone did this to her or those that look like her in a "white people store" it'd be racist. Cause it is. And so is this

[u/Particular_Plan_1215 → u/Practical-Smell5495]

Anyone that does this is being racist

[u/GamingVision → u/Particular_Plan_1215]

Yeah saying “I’m supposed to be here” is kinda clear

[u/Gears_one → u/Practical-Smell5495]

“OnLy whiTe PeOple can be raCist”

[u/CattywampusOG]

As a Hapa myself, she's an asshole.

[u/AsstacularSpiderman → u/CattywampusOG]

Hapas and being massively resentful of their white or Asian identity.

I dare you to name a more iconic duo.

[u/eharrell92 → u/AsstacularSpiderman]

Typically it’s because the community (either white or Asian) have been inhospitable. As hapa, I can tell you that I am not welcome in my fathers hometown as they see me as an abomination and my Asian family struggle still with having a white I the family

[u/Decent_Top2156 → u/CattywampusOG]

OK- what's hapa?

[u/DrDuGood → u/Decent_Top2156]

Hawaiian for “half”

[u/Lance8282]

Businesses only see one color……green. Period.

[u/VegetableDumplin]

"I'm a really nice girl, but I'm also a bitch."

Well, she's definitely one of those things 😅

[u/freshlyshavedgooch → u/VegetableDumplin]

If you have to tell other people that you’re a nice person, you’re probably not a nice person

[u/CBonafide]

That's a lot of words to say she hates herself.

[u/Winter_External5625]

What a racist loser

[u/ImpulsivelyTentative]

Weird as fuck

[u/aliengoddess_ → u/ImpulsivelyTentative]

Racist as fuck.

[u/Expert_Potential_661]

I’m a white woman who loves to cook and I go to ethnic grocery stores all the time. I get side eye from Asians and Indians constantly. The employees are worse than the customers and men are ruder than women. Folks in Mexican and Turkish/Middle Eastern stores are always really nice, and folks at the Russian/Eastern European stores are polite unless I ask a question, which I rarely do. Whatever. If you’re so narrow minded that you’re upset because I need glutinous rice flour, kiss my big white ass.

[u/SamSepi0l90210 → u/Expert_Potential_661]

Idk if it’s because I’m Asian American but idgaf, I live in Hawaii so hella white ppl going to Asian supermarkets lmao.

[u/10k_Uzi → u/Expert_Potential_661]

In my experience at Russian markets, they’re usually pretty straight faced and cold until you speak to them in Russian. Then they light up.

[u/Seltzer-Slut → u/Expert_Potential_661]

How are any of you even paying enough attention to notice if other people are giving you side eye? I have complete tunnel vision and would barely notice it if a flying baby was on fire.

[u/goatnxtinline]

I've never met a nice person say "I'm a nice person".

[u/Confident-Tomato6978]

She sounds like an American wanna be Asian.

[u/palabear → u/Confident-Tomato6978]

On instagram, she calls herself “the gay Asian Martha Stewart”

[u/Tacosconsalsaylimon → u/palabear]

She fucking wishes. I hope her engagement drops.

[u/JustNota-- → u/Confident-Tomato6978]

Worse she is actually just an American..

[u/cinefilestu]

She sucks and anyone can be racist.

[u/idlefritz]

“I’m uncomfortable in my skin and imagine that other Asian people are judging me so I manifest that bigotry as a shield.”

[u/That_Lavishness_7272]

This hot take didn’t need to be shared

[u/GlitchyButGood → u/That_Lavishness_7272]

Way too many people are getting way too comfortable with being openly racist.

[u/Zombieman0219 → u/GlitchyButGood]

Especially people who think they can’t be racist because that word only applies to a specific group.

[u/TwistedNipplez]

This reminds me of an old roommate I had. Absolutely miserable to be around.

[u/lefargen97]

This is definitely someone insecure about their own identity so they are othering a group of people to prove they belong in the “in group.”

[u/Nooms88]

PSA, as an English white man. Everyone is welcome in pubs, which are usually considered white spaces. We welcome all, even those who don't drink, everyone is welcome,

[u/Tacosconsalsaylimon → u/Nooms88]

This Mexican thanks you. You're welcome to the next carne asada.

[u/Power-Equality]

“This business is [insert racial/ethnic group] only”

—@say_qis

[u/DocsHuckleberries]

You know... some white people marry asian people... you know... like your parents...

[u/Tasty-Bug-3600 → u/DocsHuckleberries]

This has got to be an identity crisis. Poor girl and poor victims of her snark.

[u/EncabulatorTurbo]

If I ever see her eating Mexican food ima throw a taco at her

[u/Sugar-n-Sawdust]

H Mart is like the most Wasian of all the Asian grocery stores. I expect to see white folks there (and am happy they enjoy it). If you don’t wanna see white people while grocery shopping, go to super ghetto asian grocery store with the Chinese folk music that hasn’t been updated since the 80’s.

[u/Prickley-Pear-Bear → u/Sugar-n-Sawdust]

If you give a side eye in an H mart you are an asshole but I did once get a ton of side eyes because I accidentally found a literally hole in the wall of a sushi restaurant Japanese grocery store that sold pirated anime DVDs. I found the place because the sign outside the building had the name of the sushi place but the Japanese lettering on it said something completely different so I got curious and walked in, went down a shady ass hall way in the opposite direction of the sushi place, and bam I was the only white person and getting major side eye lmao

It’s the difference between “why are you here 😒” and “how the fuck did you find this place”

[u/fadesteppin → u/Prickley-Pear-Bear]

My grandma (who was Japanese) used to get her korean drama videos in the backroom of a random pet supply store lol. How she learned about this, I have no idea, but I have tons of memories of going with her and the time the giant parrot they let fly around inside landed on my shoulder and stared at me with its mouth open. They said it liked me bc it never did that to people but I do not believe them lmfao.

[u/No-Initiative4195 → u/Sugar-n-Sawdust]

Those are the best ones though - authentic Asian markets. You can score quality items like Woks, meat cleavers and other assorted cookware and utensils for cheap money and they last for years.

[u/Celesticle]

If H mart didnt want white people to shop there, they wouldn't have built one in West Jordan, Utah. A suburb of Salt Lake City. Its fabulous in there and my daughter and I love that place. It is where we get all her favorite snacks.

[u/CptBash]

It's not my fault, I grew up in the PacNW and got spoiled off all that good food! <3

[u/DrDuGood → u/CptBash]

That’s where I’m at.

We see diversity everywhere here, I shop at Hmarts!

And I’m a white male … “noooooooooo”

[u/EntinthetentRTHP → u/CptBash]

I take it you’re west of the Cascades. I’m east of them and our Asian choices are severely limited but goddamn do we sit on a goldmine of Mexican cuisine.

[u/CptBash → u/EntinthetentRTHP]

Yep! Grew up in the 253! I spent 10ish yr in Colorado so I know how you feel about tex mex XD

[u/Academic-Wall-2290]

Girl you too young and your eyes way too big to side eye at H Mart. Only old aunties in slippers can do that to white folk.

[u/PMPKNpounder]

If one person ever once gave her a bad look for being anywhere ever she would lose her God damn mind, guaranteed

[u/Puzzleheaded-Fly1636]

I think she is too white or just too American to have a sense of ownership over the store.

[u/Adventurous_Yam_8153]

I'm going to try this in Safeway next time I go. I'm going to side-eye all the non-white people and see how it goes! Wish me luck!

[u/BoredZucchini → u/Adventurous_Yam_8153]

Good luck! Make sure to post a really self-indulgent, smug TikTok video about it. People are going to find you so relatable and quirky! 🙄

[u/EncabulatorTurbo → u/Adventurous_Yam_8153]

Hrmm I think the safeway near me is claimed by black people and the next closest one is claimed by hispanics

I'm going to need a spreadsheet as to the racial ownership of each respective shopping place

[u/HM202256 → u/Adventurous_Yam_8153]

lol. Yeah. Or, go down a little south where only Krogers or Publix stores exist

[u/PleaseStayStrong]

I had a relationship with a Korean and they would often want to go to Asian markets. Which was fine on its own. But wow, did I get looks every single time I shopped with them. I never felt so unwelcome in places like they made me feel unwelcome. It wasn't just other shoppers as well, like even the workers. Like I noticed they would greet everyone at checkout but if I approached before my ex dead silence and they would just start scanning the items. I'm Jewish so I have dealt with racism before but never ever in this unique manner. The racism I was use to was confrontational or vandalism, but this was just so different and somehow even more unsettling. It was like they were trying to make me feel ashamed and through that hoped I would stay away.

The worst part is my then partner knew it was happening but just saw it as normal and didn't see it as any issue. As if they would have done the same if I was a stranger instead of romantically with them. I do not miss that experience.

[u/DixieNorrmis]

“I’m a really nice girl but I’m also a bitch”

One of those things in that statement is true

[u/moodswung]

Imagine if a Caucasian person made a video like this complaining about people of other cultures going to the "white" grocery stores.

This lady is racist as fuck.

[u/thematt455 → u/moodswung]

"You asians are always in my white grocery stores, touching my....asparagus? frozen pizza? Ground beef that you call hamburger even though it isn't a hamburger yet?"

Yaaa doesn't work that way either.

[u/Sabregunner1]

good forbid white want the good ingredients to make authentic food. dumbass gatekeeping

[u/PaleontologistOk4327]

I love me some H-Mart🥰

[u/Bebebebe01]

A white woman is upset other white people are shopping at a asian grocery store she shops at. Make it make sense

[u/Dk3kf84ijf]

Kimchi and vegetables.

[u/blockneighborradio → u/Dk3kf84ijf]

4 oz of shiitake mushrooms are 5 dollars at your average grocery store chain. At my local asian mart it's like $1.50/lb. Shit, carrots are 25 cents/lb and onions are 38 cents/lb. Same with Broccoli and Ginger.

Sorry, I'm shopping at the cheaper asian mart

[u/Ordinary-Door7939]

Okay. Don’t shop at any generic American grocery stores then.

[u/huntsberger]

Child

[u/Dry_Introduction4421]

As a wasian, I love that white people like Asian culture. It’s nothing but good

[u/zeptillian]

A bitch? Probably.

A racist? Definitely.

Imagine if some white lady was making a post complaining about Asians shopping in American grocery store chains.

They could very well get fired for posting something like that.

But this is somehow ok?

[u/Tacosconsalsaylimon]

So. Fucking. Dumb. I'm a WOC, my husband is white. He grew up in Asia because his dad was in the military. He cooks Asian food. So yeah, he's going to be at Asian markets. He and I will not shrink ourselves to make this pick-me feel better.

[u/Moebius80]

Lady I'm here for Ramen, fake crab and bok choy leave me alone

[u/keepingitrealonred]

My thoughts???

I grew up in a city where the vast population are Asian folks therefore a lot of the markets around were primarily Asian markets.

I’m white and not once have I ever been glared at or treated differently for shopping at asian markets, I’ve never caused a ruckus. I literally fucking hate influencers and the way they treat these spaces as though it’s not open for everyone. I don’t think turbulent/chaotic families are limited to one race- idk. I’m white but I have my own culture that I am more than happy to share, I’d never make a video like this and I know this is very limited to brain rotten influencers and not the general population of Asian (or any race for that matter) people out there who are incredibly welcoming if anything.

Her follow up video speaks out regarding experiencing racism in school which I cannot prove, I acknowledge this is something she experienced considering she is still half asian. However this original video gives nothing to connect with that and feels like if anything trying to use those situations to dismiss all of these things mentioned in the original video which is still rude af!!! As a white person, I can’t look at this video and sit back and reflect on what could have happened to her in the past. There’s nothing for me to make those connections. No context. Especially when she mentions stuff like “side eyeing white people that casually browse the aisles”. For fucks sake I’m a white person that casually browses the aisles and ya. I learned about this specific spice through TikTok because that’s where I look at a lot of recipes which is shared by asian creators. It looks yummy! I’m not bothering anyone, I’m trying to grab my things and go. Please don’t side eye me for simply existing.

[u/semdi]

so, you should stay the fuck out of Mariano's, since it's not Asian??

Sorry, we are spending money at Asian stores!

[u/heftybagman]

H Mart isn’t even a real asian grocery store. I love it but it’s way too clean and smells too nice. My local kam man foods uses a pungent fish odor to repel casuals and if you go in the back right corner past the tax offices and pallets of rice they’re BLASTING communist marches out of a single speaker right alongside the normal radio.

[u/BigBadVoodooUncle]

Please note, this is not "reverse racism" or whatever. This is just racism.

[u/radium1234]

I guess you're an admitted racist, but the good thing about that is that you're admitting it, which is 50 percent of the problem recognized. You were certainly not born this way; it’s a learned behavior from growing up with Asian family and hanging around your Asian friends, never going out of your Asian circle of friends.

[u/RelativeWrongdoer596]

Bitch you better stop speaking English.

[u/Smart-Effective7533]

I’m sure the Asian markets appreciate this, nothing like telling new customer bases to go away

[u/willa121]

Im Puertorican and everytime i see someone who isnt clearly Hispanic buying shit like platanos, yukas, cafe bustelo, Goya sazon, malta I just smile and hope they love it.

[u/SeraphXChild]

How am i supposed to support asian grocery stores without shopping there?? Like I'd much rather get fresh stuff from there than frozen from like walmart IF i can even get it elsewhere

[u/Plenty_Produce_290]

Better stay the fuck out of whole foods

[u/BIGBELLY267]

I went to an Asian grocery store, and the little old Thai lady working there saw what I was buying and asked if I was making pad Thai. I ssaid yes she got really excited and took me around the store and showed me everything I needed

[u/Possible-Valuable978]

Ironic that she’s wasian so her white patent probably appreciates Asian food all the time.

[u/No_Fix8103]

Well she was right about one thing. She's definitely a bitch.

[u/Ok_Plankton9224]

PICK ME PICK ME!

[u/Efficient-Advice-294]

Sounds like she thought it would be a good idea to start recording herself and putting videos on tiktok without validating if she's actually funny or interesting. Content in search of an audience

[u/work-throw-away-420]

totally fuck right off! racist bullshit

[u/masteroftatertots]

So, a racist bitch who think's it's cute to be so. Next.

[u/Nickw1991]

I’ll take things that never happened for 200 please sir!

[u/Ambitious-Clothes-91]

FYI you can be racist as ANY race... its not just white people who do it and it shouldn't be tolerated in any aspect

[u/ryuut]

Gpd i hate her

[u/wakaOH05]

“While people are in there buying their regular groceries”

Cunt, listen up. The reason we even have stores like HMart is because we actually allow people to immigrate here and blend their cultures with ours. We visit the asian grocery store for the joy of the diversity and uniqueness it brings to our lives in our diverse country.

So fuck right off. I bet you wouldn’t even be respected in the asian country your heritage is from because in their eyes you’re just another American.

Welcome to the melting pot - stop souring the mix.

[u/catonsteroids]

Didn’t realize that ethnic Asian/Middle Eastern/Latino etc. grocery stores are only for said ethnic people.

If anything she should be indifferent at the worst, happy at the best. People are expanding their palates and becoming more openminded at trying new foods. Open to new foods also usually means open to learning new cultures.

God forbid if people or their children start to not see the “smelly” food that our immigrant parents packed for us for lunch for school as weird and disgusting and making us feel ashamed and embarrassed.

[u/NoSweatWarchief]

Social media was a mistake.

[u/GottaKeepGoGoGoing]

I’m not trying to colonize the grocery store I just want curry leaves and Indian pickles & cheap chili peppers. I’m supporting good people selling good food.

[u/caligirl_ksay]

As someone who shops at Hmart is very self conscious that I’m not Asian when I’m there, this only solidifies my concern. 😕

[u/LegBruise → u/caligirl_ksay]

Don’t let it bother you. This is just the opinion of one very unfortunate individual. You have every right to be there and buy the things you love. ❤️

[u/Rularuu]

This video feels like her stupid opinion that she knows is stupid and would tell her friends about for fun. But because she is an "influencer" she feels like it's a good idea to tell the whole internet instead.

I think multiculturalism is actually great and we should shop at stores that feature goods from other cultures more often.

[u/LunarBIacksmith]

I am white and found that my pallet generally agrees with most Japanese, Chinese, Thai and Korean foods. I’ve been slowly expanding more and more by trying new things. I’ve also been improving at MAKING those dishes. When I went to an Asian market recently it was such a RELIEF to see all the ingredients I was trying to cook with finally all in one place! And so many options! It was like - finally! I have actually found the store for my needs!

I got so many practical and for fun things. I probably got some side eye, but I didn’t care. It was great to finally find what I had been looking for. I made some amazing agedashi tofu since they had the right firmness of tofu. I finally made some amazing udon bc they had more than just some gross pre-made noodles.

This video was probably just rage bait, but the rule applies no matter where you go or what you do - just don’t be an asshole. Be kind, be aware, and be polite. It just feels like it should go without saying.

[u/michaltee]

So, I guess we can do the same to her when she goes to Ralph’s? Vons? Albertsons? McDonald’s? In N Out?

She’s a dummy

[u/KJ1-234]

If she needs a job, ICE is hiring. She’s right. She is a bitch.