The "where are you from" question by itself is innocent, but becomes a microaggression when the asker refuses to take an American location as an answer (assumi

The "where are you from" question by itself is innocent, but becomes a microaggression when the asker refuses to take an American location as an answer (assuming US for simplicity). Then you get "No, where are you really from?" This implies that the POC, however much they talk, dress, and act like an American, cannot ever be a "genuine" American. "What ethnicity are you" or "What is your heritage" are better phrasings of the question of ethnic background.