"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."