Microaggression: “Where are you from, again?” #StopAsianHate

Farhad
7 min readMay 19, 2021

Friends TV series is one of the historically important series that most non-English speakers watch to learn English, but also this series teaches lots of stereotypes. When Rachel meets Julie for the first time, she freaks out and says loudly and clearly, “Welcome to OUR country”. After a passive-aggressive smile, Julie replies in a loud and clear voice: “Thank you, I am from NEW YORK”…

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Farhad

An Evidence Scientist with a Pinch of Career and Life Lessons