"I do get embarrassed when people point it out to me, as though they were the first to point it out to me. It makes them laugh. It gets annoying," Asian-American Alexis Paul told BuzzFeed over email.
"I'm half Polish and half Korean, but I was the only East Asian in my conservative San Diego high school. The first time I got drunk in high school, [someone said], 'We don't need lights! Alexis is already glowing.' My reaction was shock. It still is."
"I do get embarrassed when people point it out to me, as though they were the first to point it out to me. It makes them laugh. It gets annoying," Asian-American Alexis Paul told BuzzFeed over email.
"I'm half Polish and half Korean, but I was the only East Asian in my conservative San Diego high school. The first time I got drunk in high school, [someone said], 'We don't need lights! Alexis is already glowing.' My reaction was shock. It still is."
"I do get embarrassed when people point it out to me, as though they were the first to point it out to me. It makes them laugh. It gets annoying," Asian-American Alexis Paul told BuzzFeed over email.
"I'm half Polish and half Korean, but I was the only East Asian in my conservative San Diego high school. The first time I got drunk in high school, [someone said], 'We don't need lights! Alexis is already glowing.' My reaction was shock. It still is."
Technically, the term is Alcohol Flush Syndrome, but if you're Asian you might have referred to it as Asian Glow or Asian Flush.
You get the glow because of a gene, but not all Asians experience it.
But what about other races?
Asian Glow is caused by a deficient enzyme that isn't able to metabolize alcohol correctly.
Basically, Asian Glow is caused by a mutated gene that might have been advantageous at some point in history.
Some Asians get it and others don't.
What about hapas or half-Asians?
What can you do to alleviate the symptoms?
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