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thenewgreen  ·  4395 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Questions People Get Asked About Their Race

I'm half mexican and half german but I'm third generation US citizen. The question that I'm amazed that I get asked is "where are you from?" Not what is your ethnicity but where are you from. When I answer "Michigan," or if I'm in Michigan and say "Brighton," it is obvious that they weren't asking that.





humanodon  ·  4395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I love that question. Sometimes I play it the way you mentioned, other times when I'm in no mood, I put on my thickest New England accent and say, "from my mother, what's it to you?"