Hello {{ first name | friends}},
Welcome to another instalment in my own going series covering things white folks have said to me over the years.
This one won't be a surprise to anyone as it's something I've written about before. It's something most Black and Global Majority people have experienced at some point.
It's the double or triple whammy of two or three successive questions:
Where are you from?
Where are you really from?
Where are your parents from?
The questions seem innocuous on the surface, but there's an unwelcome subtext that many marginalised folx will be aware of.
The Harm in Action
Here's an example of this in action.