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Originally Posted by peter12
These discussions are so bureaucratic.
After a warm introduction where full names are exchanged, it is not in bad taste to comment positively on someone's name, and if you are curious, say something like "what is the origin of that name?"
Don't bring ever bring race into any conversation. Only ask people where they are from, if they openly introduce themselves as being a visitor or a foreigner. Otherwise, why is this an issue?
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Well that was kind of my point. I think there's also a difference between asking the origins of someone's name vs. being a complete clown and saying "Is that Chinese or something?"