They weren’t eating the food I love in appreciation. They were eating it as a gross-out challenge. Eating foods from different cultures is not an obstacle to overcome. It’s an experience to be had.

“Sometimes People of Colour feel the need to change their name to make it easier for White people to pronounce. e.g. you often see Chinese people anglicizing their names.”

I don’t feel that I’ve compromised my ethnicity by having an “English” name. But I have definitely felt discrimination against my Chinese name.