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Conor White-Sullivan 𐃏🔍🇺🇸
@Conaw
Interesting... I’ve mostly only seen my mother ask this question to White Americans, and it’s literally first thing she asks most everyone I introduce her to... We’re first gen immigrants - most are pretty confused at first, say things like “Ohio” Never an acceptable answer
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Dave Lu 呂曉龍
@davelu
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We've been enduring subtle racism and microaggressions our entire lives, but we stayed quiet. FYI asking someone "Where are you from? No, where are you really from?" is racist.
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
fwiw i don’t find this question offensive in the slightest, it’s just complicated for me to answer - could be “nanjing” or “singapore” or “vancouver, WA” or “bellevue, WA” depending on what “from” means
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Conor White-Sullivan 𐃏🔍🇺🇸
@Conaw
Only acceptable answer if you are speaking to an older Irish woman is a 40 minute regaling of everywhere you’ve ever lived - everywhere both parents ever lived, and the birthplace and resting place of each your grandparents and great grandparents
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