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For goodness sake, what's the big deal?
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http://www.guardian.c...-brown-answer-curious
People are forever curios, what is wrong in asking someone "where do you come from".?
Colour of one's skin, strange attitude, unusual accent, anything else that sets one apart, people will often say "now that's an unusual accent", what part of the country do you come from? etc, etc.
Do you think this person is being over sensitive?.
People are forever curios, what is wrong in asking someone "where do you come from".?
Colour of one's skin, strange attitude, unusual accent, anything else that sets one apart, people will often say "now that's an unusual accent", what part of the country do you come from? etc, etc.
Do you think this person is being over sensitive?.
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Most asians arrived in UK from Kenya in 60s - Idi Amin slaughtered lots, while India & Pakistan refused them admission saying they were 'Kenyans'.
History lesson over!
Most asians arrived in UK from Kenya in 60s - Idi Amin slaughtered lots, while India & Pakistan refused them admission saying they were 'Kenyans'.
History lesson over!
"t's like a Spaniard asking a person of English decent, (who happens to been born and lives in Barcelona), "where do you come from"? "
Not really is it?
A person of English descent born in Barcelona would be pretty indistinguishable from a Spaniard, so they'd have no reason to ask. The question she faced was purely because of her colour.
Not really is it?
A person of English descent born in Barcelona would be pretty indistinguishable from a Spaniard, so they'd have no reason to ask. The question she faced was purely because of her colour.
"ENGLISH, born, bred and very proud of the fact.
They may try and take my country away from me, but no one can alter this fact. "
Is this normally what you say to people in real life when they ask where you're from?
I'm beginning to imagine you sounding a bit like Mumm-Ra from Thundercats...
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The woman in the article isn't attacking the fact that she was asked where she was from, it was more the mentality behind it - the assumption that if you're non-white then you are intrinsically less British (which to be honest you do seem to share, so I can understand why you don't see it as a problem).
I really don't think the author of that article objects to such questions in small talk/polite conversation - but think about it, if you've been asked it so many times it must be easy to sense that mentality she's talking about a mile off. That's what she's attacking.
They may try and take my country away from me, but no one can alter this fact. "
Is this normally what you say to people in real life when they ask where you're from?
I'm beginning to imagine you sounding a bit like Mumm-Ra from Thundercats...
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The woman in the article isn't attacking the fact that she was asked where she was from, it was more the mentality behind it - the assumption that if you're non-white then you are intrinsically less British (which to be honest you do seem to share, so I can understand why you don't see it as a problem).
I really don't think the author of that article objects to such questions in small talk/polite conversation - but think about it, if you've been asked it so many times it must be easy to sense that mentality she's talking about a mile off. That's what she's attacking.
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