White Person: Ooh are you from Hawaii?
ME: No, I moved here from Guam but I'm from an island just North of it
WP: Ya what's it called?
Me: Saipan.
*crickets*
..It's part of a Commonwealth owned by the US.
*crickets*
..You've probably never heard of it.
WP: Nope!
https://twitter.com/NaniRomanoff/status/1138985857506037760 …
Oh girl, I get to that point maybe 15% of the time
many just lose interest by the time I mention "Commonwealth" and respond with something generic.