As someone who's half-white, half-Asian (and looks predominantly Asian) I often hear questions like "where are you from? Like, where are your parents from?"
I'm not sure I see this as a 'micro-agression.' Or aggression at all, it's just a question. People ask me where my ancestors came from, and I tell them Scotland and Finland. No big deal. It's pretty clear I'm not native american.
Sometimes I also get asked where I grew up. I tell them. Nosy people. If you don't want people to be curious about details in your life, that's kind of anti-social.
I'm not sure I see this as a 'micro-agression.' Or aggression at all, it's just a question.
You should watch the video. I've seen it (and others before). The issue isn't asking where you are from, it's the non-caucasion person saying they are from "here", and having that answer dismissed/disbelieved and then being asked "No, where are your parents from".
It's a subtle racism that assumes that people who don't look like you can't really have been born on there same country as you.
No, it's a person with a chip on their shoulder being pedantic about phrasing to justify their self-perceived victimhood. When you cling tenaciously to a literal interpretation so it will allow you to take an affronted position despite the persons efforts to clarify what they meant, you're just a jackass who deserves zero sympathy and maybe even a little aggression. Not micro aggression... more the fist in the mouth kind of aggression.
Reading your post made me want to find it on youtube, but all I could find was this video of a bitchy little asian girl kicking a fat white nerd in the balls:
Where are your ancestors from? (Score:4, Insightful)
As someone who's half-white, half-Asian (and looks predominantly Asian) I often hear questions like "where are you from? Like, where are your parents from?"
I'm not sure I see this as a 'micro-agression.' Or aggression at all, it's just a question. People ask me where my ancestors came from, and I tell them Scotland and Finland. No big deal. It's pretty clear I'm not native american.
Sometimes I also get asked where I grew up. I tell them. Nosy people. If you don't want people to be curious about details in your life, that's kind of anti-social.
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I'm not sure I see this as a 'micro-agression.' Or aggression at all, it's just a question.
You should watch the video. I've seen it (and others before). The issue isn't asking where you are from, it's the non-caucasion person saying they are from "here", and having that answer dismissed/disbelieved and then being asked "No, where are your parents from".
It's a subtle racism that assumes that people who don't look like you can't really have been born on there same country as you.
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No, it's a person with a chip on their shoulder being pedantic about phrasing to justify their self-perceived victimhood. When you cling tenaciously to a literal interpretation so it will allow you to take an affronted position despite the persons efforts to clarify what they meant, you're just a jackass who deserves zero sympathy and maybe even a little aggression. Not micro aggression... more the fist in the mouth kind of aggression.
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Reading your post made me want to find it on youtube, but all I could find was this video of a bitchy little asian girl kicking a fat white nerd in the balls:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]