I ' ll be honest white peoples made me nervous for most of my life . I had my share of harassment from white folk growing up . I moved out to San Diego from Houston about 10 years ago with just my car , some clothes , a pillow , and blankets . I didn ' t know many people and was content spending my Thanksgiving at the office no furniture , tvcable , internet with a couple of cans of Chef Boyardee . A coworker who is white well , they all were white saw I was logged into the work IM . After hearing my plans for the day , he insisted I spend Thanksgiving with his family . I was nervous , but glad I did ! White people are cool ! And it was my first white Thanksgiving ! Seriously , being Filipino I never had a traditional American Thanksgiving with turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce I didn ' t even know what to do with that stuff . Holy shit candied yams are awesome ! Pumpkin pie ? Hell , yes . It was like the Thanksgiving on tv and movies . Not a grain of plain white rice in sight . None of that typical Filipino party food though the family insisted I bring lumpia next time white people love lumpia . 2007 , y ' all . I was 26 . Chill 31613 ' s first white Thanksgiving .