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| PK_Spam 11/20/17 3:42:44 PM #23: | Kyuubi4269 posted... PK_Spam posted...Just as bad is the "Where are you from?" question that same demographic always asks me. What they really want to know is my ethnicity, but they know it's rude and weird to ask that but then essentially ask it anyway. I always lead those people around, because after I say I'm from PA, then they ask where my parents are from, then my grandparents, then my GREAT grandparents. It's funny how far they'll go just to find out I'm Hispanic. Then... why don't they just ask? Just ask me "What's your ethnicity," instead of holding me hostage for 2 minutes while trying to pry it out of me. It's still a rude question (because how many white American people get asked "where are you from?") but I'd at least respect you more if you went out and said it. They could even phrase it slightly better like "You look like my friend from Guatamala. By any chance, you don't happen to also be there, right?" Like... even if they obviously lied about having that friend, the fact that they were conscious enough about it makes it less intrusive. I dunno. @RCtheWSBC, I know we're not, like super good friends or anything, but you've spent more time in academia than I. Have you experienced something like this before? I'm not wrong to be pissed after the 10th time I get asked, right? --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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