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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not Jewish, but if I were it would make me uncomfortable. I think some people just don’t realize how much they stereotype and think they are behaving perfectly normally

I get this a lot:
“Where are you from?”
-I’m Indian  
“Oh really, you don’t look Indian. You’re very pretty.”

I never know what I’m supposed to say to that or how I’m expected to react.

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WTF, you get this "a lot"?
FWIW I think Indian women are generally very pretty. [/quote]

Ok, that is insulting! And different than saying someone “looks Jewish.”  [/quote]

+1, the insulting compliment!

... I get this a lot when more conservative/traditional people learn that I am gay "I would've never guessed, you don't act like other gays!" It's meant as a compliment towards the individual, but with zero awareness of how shitty it sounds to the person on the receiving end, who just hears "I generally hold people like you in low regard, but you're ok as a one-off"

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