"people ask where you're from" There's a trope in India where, especially if you look like you are from a lower social caste, people ask you your name, and if

"people ask where you're from" There's a trope in India where, especially if you look like you are from a lower social caste, people ask you your name, and if you reply with just your first name, insist on knowing your last name, which is of course a primary caste marker for a lot of people. Asking where someone's from is no different. The answer can be used to silently judge the other person based on the zillion subtle class distinction Europe has, and worse, can't be controlled by an individual, just as you did just now to judge Americans with some hand-wavy pop-sociology. I can't change where I am from, but I have some control on what I do.