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If you are white, then take how many times you get asked "where are you from" and multiply it by 10. Then decide if you don't think it would get annoying. It's
by jjeaff 6y ago
If you are white, then take how many times you get asked "where are you from" and multiply it by 10. Then decide if you don't think it would get annoying.
It's rarely out of malice. But that doesn't really matter. If you get asked it enough, you will start to feel like you don't belong.
- zdragnar 6y agoThere aren't enough people here to do that (that I actually speak to at least). As an aside, I have a last name with an unusual spelling. Literally everyone who sees it asks how it is pronounced, followed by where it is from. It is just a fact of life. By asking the question, people clearly want to know more. Sure, they might be asking the wrong question, but the reality is, they are trying to include you. If people didn't want you to belong, they would just make the assumption on their own and not ask (and probably avoid talking to you altogether).