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    Tuesday, January 26, 2010

    You don't look...

    An improvised joke I made at a recent speaking engagement....

    I spent the first 26 years being told "funny, you don't look Dominican" and I'll spend the next 36 being told "funny, you don't look Jewish."

    Since I am Dominican and Jewish, clearly I look nothing but puro Jewminicana. What do I have to get a t-shirt?

    Neither Dominican or Jewish is a race.

    Now, don't even get me started on "Funny, you don't look American."

    If you step off a plane in Santo Domingo, New York or Jerusalem, you'll see plenty of Jews, Dominicans and Americans who look like me.

    You need to get out more, people.

    Why do I have to repeat myself? Because people aren't listening.

    Related: Lala Vazquez on "You Don't Look Latina"

    "Funny, You Don't Look Jewish" by moi

    Hebrew Mamita Vanessa Hidary on "Funny, You Don't Look Jewish":

    2 comments:

    sheldan said...

    Aliza,

    Why don't you make your own T-shirt?

    "JEWMINICANA" (PLEASE ask)

    (Although that could trigger questions that you may have said you are tired of?)

    Aliza "La Jewminicana" Hausman said...

    Haha, at least, this time I know they'll ask politely. I said PLEASE. :)