It's time for us to stop asking people: 'where are you originally from?' ✂️
“Where are you originally from” is one of the first questions that most of us come to learn as children and is arguably one of the most common conversation starters that we continue to carry into adulthood. At first glance, it’s an ordinary set of words that we don’t tend to put too much thought into. After all, how else are we supposed to break the ice when meeting someone new?want to know when asking that question.
I, for one, have to answer that question daily, wherever I go – whether that’s at my local Sainsbury’s, in an Uber or any social setting for that matter. Despite having lived in the UK for seven years, I don’t think anyone’s ever assumed I was from here .
I wasn’t always “triggered” by that question. In fact, when I first moved to the UK, I didn’t realise how much it would frustrate me in the future. I would always politely respond without giving it too much thought. But as the years went on and I had to endure it repeatedly, I realised that it wouldn’t matter if I spent one, five or ten years in this country – that question will always follow me, even if I become a British citizen.
in the UK , is beyond my understanding. I’m curious, what are the criteria by which people decide that one person may not be from here and another is?I also realise that a lot of people who might be asking that question may not do so with malicious intent. After having long conversations with those who have asked me, “Where are youfrom,” I realised that quite a few did it out of curiosity, without meaning to “offend” me.
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