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Old 09-01-2016, 07:17 PM   #1112
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Originally Posted by rubecube View Post
It happens enough, and sometimes it is pretty offensive to the person be asked. For instance I have a First Nations friend who is asked pretty frequently where in Asia she's from. There's such an obviously more tactful way to ask if it's something you're dying to know where a person is from:

"So are you originally from [insert current city]?"
You can not really change people, mostly you can change how you deal with it. If you are perpetually offended, then maybe you need to change a bit and not worry so much about what other people say. Outside of the bubble of college it is much easier to change how you react to things, than to try and change what other people say.
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