i'm asian american and speak like a native, because i am one - i grew up in a mostly white affluent suburban setting. if anything i have a slight surfer twinge

i'm asian american and speak like a native, because i am one - i grew up in a mostly white affluent suburban setting. if anything i have a slight surfer twinge (spent most of my life in socal, and some in the bay, which also has a surfer twinge to their accent). at home or in places like new york, nobody has any trouble understanding me. when i go to places with less asian people, all of a sudden people ask me to repeat myself. but only at first - never halfway through a conversation. it's almost as if they expect me to have a heavy accent, and when i don't, they need to reset their hearing brain.