Sara Kim
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Sara Kim
The Hidden Aggression Of Asking Someone ‘Where Are You (Really) From?’
I was telling a story to four colleagues about how at a park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, that morning, a man had said to me immediately upon seeing me, “Hey, where are you from, Japan?” I told my coworkers that I couldn’t believe that people were still asking, “Where are you from?” to ask about ethnicity.