Why didn't anyone overhear this in NY?
Being a Chinese Jew is all fun and games; we get the best of both worlds, even the stereotypes. When I say those two words together you must think of a cheap, short, slitty eyed, big nosed, yellow skinned, but oddly too much hair having guy with an oversized T-shirt and undersized hat -- hilarious. However you're imagination couldn't be farther from the truth, or at least 7/8 farther from the truth. Of course mixed kids are by far the hottest, but of the Chinese Jews I know (2), one stereotype does seem to hold. Allow me to explain through a story:
My brother, a fine looking 6-footer, used to frequent a Chinese restaurant and he would always get the same dish: a steaming entree of beef loaded to the gills with broccoli. A fine meal for a growing boy. In any event, one day when he's paying at the register the cashier says to him "You Chinese? You look mix." To which my brother responds
"Yeah, I'm half Chinese."
"What the other half? Jewish?" You must understand, having someone guess that you're half Jewish is rare. Jews can be anything, including a variety of different whites. Needless to say, my brother was shocked.
"What made...you're right...why'd you guess that?"
"Oh," she replied "you always get cheapest thing on menu."
Wow
My brother, a fine looking 6-footer, used to frequent a Chinese restaurant and he would always get the same dish: a steaming entree of beef loaded to the gills with broccoli. A fine meal for a growing boy. In any event, one day when he's paying at the register the cashier says to him "You Chinese? You look mix." To which my brother responds
"Yeah, I'm half Chinese."
"What the other half? Jewish?" You must understand, having someone guess that you're half Jewish is rare. Jews can be anything, including a variety of different whites. Needless to say, my brother was shocked.
"What made...you're right...why'd you guess that?"
"Oh," she replied "you always get cheapest thing on menu."
Wow