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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was adopted from China. Haven't spent more than a week in China since I was an infant. I've had way too many conversations with racists that go like this: "So where are you from?" Me: "Chicago." Them: "No, where are you REALLY from?" "Well, I'm from a neighborhood on the far northside called Ravenswood." "No, I mean where is your family from?" "My dad is from Chicago. My mom's from Cleveland. Most of my family lives in the Chicago area or Ohio." *deep sigh* *frustration* The implication that I'm not REALLY American and the continual probing. OP reminds me of those people. [/quote]

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I’m half-South Asian/half-White-American-came-over-on-the-Mayflower, with a South Asian name, an American newscaster accent (i.e., none), was born in the US, and lived in various places in the US — middle school and high school in one of the embarrassing states in the US, and my parents still live there. But I’ve lived in the DC burbs for longer than anywhere else (yikes).

I can tell when people are asking out small talk or legitimate, non-nasty, curiosity, and when they are really asking “why are you brown with a funny name?”

I rarely get the “no, where are you REALLY from?” in the DC-area, but I got it a LOT in Texas and small towns in the mid-west0-.   They were really friendly when asking though, so maybe that means it’s okay?

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