In certain areas(eg. scams, stereotypes), white guys(or foreigners who LOOK like they're foreign) have it way tough.
When I was in Bali, I tried to get one of those fake Gucci sunglasses as a prop and some cheap thrills and after I bargained the guy down, he let me have it for 4bucks. He still probably made a hell of a profit of a counterfeit of which its production value was probably 30cents but well, its 4 bucks so whatever. A white family that walked by just as I was done with my purchase was quoted 30bucks for the same pair of shades! They 'bargained' and got the 'just for you only sir best price' of 20 dollars and the father looked so proud of his negotiating skills.
Now, I probably should have just mind my own business but man, it was for his kid and I didn't wanna let the man pay 20bucks for his fake pair of Gucci. So I told the shop keeper in my broken bahasa indonesia(which was more Malay than Indonesian)
"Dia kawan saya, dia nak beri design ni sama saya lah, 4 dollar kan?" (He's my friend, the design he wanna get is the same as me, its 4 dollars right?)
That day, an Asian knight saved a white family in distress from a scheming merchant, I made history.
When I was in Bali, I tried to get one of those fake Gucci sunglasses as a prop and some cheap thrills and after I bargained the guy down, he let me have it for 4bucks. He still probably made a hell of a profit of a counterfeit of which its production value was probably 30cents but well, its 4 bucks so whatever. A white family that walked by just as I was done with my purchase was quoted 30bucks for the same pair of shades! They 'bargained' and got the 'just for you only sir best price' of 20 dollars and the father looked so proud of his negotiating skills.
Now, I probably should have just mind my own business but man, it was for his kid and I didn't wanna let the man pay 20bucks for his fake pair of Gucci. So I told the shop keeper in my broken bahasa indonesia(which was more Malay than Indonesian)
"Dia kawan saya, dia nak beri design ni sama saya lah, 4 dollar kan?" (He's my friend, the design he wanna get is the same as me, its 4 dollars right?)
That day, an Asian knight saved a white family in distress from a scheming merchant, I made history.