Opinion by Michele L. Norris: Where do you really come from? That’s a toxic question.
To be real, the answer is often far too deep to explain in a breezy conversation. When someone says they are from India, Indonesia, New Orleans or Brazil that is often just one part of a much more complex framework of culture, class, education, intermarriage, migration, dialect, assimilation, adoption or individual anthems.No, where is your family from?
Pressing on with this line of inquiry is irritating for those of us whose ancestors were snatched from their homelands and severed from their families and culture. But it also stings for people who came to the United States from distant lands for all kinds of reasons: to study, to find work, to seek a better life, to chase the American Dream as so many immigrants before them have. Let us not forget the core irony inside this question.
This is where things get interesting. That last part speaks to the heart of the “where are you really from” inquisition.
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