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Thinking about curious, friendly phrasing, that’s racially sensitive. E.g. as a white person, it’s not so güd to say to a non-white person: “where are you from” What about: “where are your people from?” + open smile

White • Into it
8.2%
White • Nah fam
66%
Non-white • Into it
4.8%
Non-white • Nah fam
21%

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Apr 12

"where are you from" doesn't personally strike me as insensitive, it's just really unclear. i was born in china, moved to singapore when i was 2, moved to the states when i was 6 - unclear which of those counts as where i'm "from"

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

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@coladaclan

"where are your people from" is confusing in a different way b/c it assumes i identify with my racial group which i might not necessarily. i don't really consider chinese people "my people," i have almost nothing in common with people who live in china

1:20 AM · Apr 12, 2022Twitter Web App

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Roasted Unsalted Cashew

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exactly

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yeah i've never taken offence to "where are you from", because similar to QC it's a prompt to talk about my life experiences which give clues as to how i am / how they've shaped me meanwhile "your people" seems to assume im just one part of a particular monolithic group?

Pony Chadala • Lisboeta

@coladaclan

Apr 12

Thanks Kai 📡🤍 “Your people” is from a song that I’ve loved about a decade (link in main thread), from a person meeting her lover’s body, and I was wondering whether I could steal it for conversation as beautifully as she sings it in love. The answer is no :)

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

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in some sense the most honest answers i could give to both of these questions are that i'm from the internet and so are my people. my people are the terminally online and we will never log off

Pony Chadala • Lisboeta

@coladaclan

Apr 12

QC, ur a treat from start to finish. I think I’d be full heart eyes if the person replied, “my people are the terminally online; we are in the internet”

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