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Race & Ethnicity

whathehell

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7. Not new to this White Person, I'm afraid..

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2018, 06:51 AM

Apr 2018

I've had my ethnicity and even race questioned on several occasions throughout my life.
Arriving home from a vacation in the Carribean awhile back, a Customs official looked at me and said "Where we're you born?... Were I less taken aback, I might have asked him where HE was born, but instead just said "Um, Philadelphia"?
I don't speak with an accent and, as confirmed by Ancestry.com, am of 100% European stock, so go figure..

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White Americans, welcome to the club of being asked, 'Where are you really from?' [View all] Eugene Feb 2018 OP

My answer: "I'm from this shithole place. What else do you want to know?" The_Casual_Observer Feb 2018 #1

How far back do they want us to go? htuttle Feb 2018 #2

Mom always said tazkcmo Feb 2018 #3

My Mom said we were found in the cabbage patch so I guess I'll say cabbage patch. redstatebluegirl Feb 2018 #6

I have no idea. Haven't done Ancestry DNA. sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #4

They will need a "many of the above" box for me. Yonnie3 Feb 2018 #5

Not new to this White Person, I'm afraid.. whathehell Apr 2018 #7