[ SECRET POST #3288 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3288 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

I think as long as you believe the first option someone replies with and not press with "No, where are you really from" it's fine.

but this kind of smells of troll anyway.

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I find that odd. Like...I ask white people all the time where are they from. It's one of those bullshit questions you ask people like "How are you doing?" "Man, how about the weather."

-Where are you from?
-Here.
-Cool. You were born here?
-Yeah.
-How about those Yankees?

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

Well, sure. But if a white person tells you they're from Maryland, you probably wouldn't say, "Where are you really from?" as if they're lying or hiding their true origin. When POCs get this question, sometimes it's not from people who are just making conversation, it's from people who think this is a more diplomatic way of saying "What race are you?"

... only it's not really a more diplomatic way, we know what you really mean.

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[cbrachyrhynchos]

A colleague of mine who's 3rd-generation Japanese American gets that all the time.

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

Second generation Chinese-American here. I've had to explain to white people that no, I really am American even though I look the way I do. Yes, it's very possible to be of Chinese descent but still 100% an American citizen because "Chinese" is my ethnicity, and "American" is not an ethnicity, it's a nationality. No, being Chinese doesn't automatically make you a citizen of China. Yes, my English is quite good, that's because I was born and raised in the U.S. my whole life. No, I've never actually been to China. Not even once.

These people meant well, or at least most of them did. They had no idea they were being racist as hell, and I wasn't going to tell them but those conversations were agonizingly long and so dumb I came away several dozen IQ points lower than when I started.

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

I ask white people where they're from all the time, because I'm interested in my family genealogy, and I am interested in where others are from as well. But I never, ever ask POC where they're from in any way, shape or form.

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, this. If someone who doesn't look like you answers the question with "Ohio", don't follow up. Just move the conversation along.

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[caerbannog]

"What your background" <- pretty open ended question for anyone.

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

While I do like this question, I'm always kind of apprehensive. I tend to ask where your family is from. I, personally don't mind when people ask me what my ethnic/racial background is. I'm a POC. But I always feel awkward asking others. I like to bond over it. Some people don't like mentioning it. So I keep my assumptions at bay and hope for some mention at some point in the conversation :/