This is really irritating, I’m sure they grow tired of being asked but I always ask very respectfully and with a clear interest, not to make them feel like an outcast or to seem judgmental.
shareWhen I read this topic this is the first thing that came to mind:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nD__Pw1r-I8
..."feel like an outcast or to seem judgmental...."
You've judged that a person is likely out of place, that they need to justify their presence and confirm their home country based on them being "ethnic looking".
Never said anyone had to justify anything nor am I judging them. I am simply interested.
shareYour interest based on a judgement that they are too ethnic looking to belong in America.
shareWtf are you talking about
shareYour interest in where the person came from, and your request for justification of their presence in America, was based on your own judgement that they looked too ethnic for you just to assume they were from America.
If someone didn't look out of place to you then you wouldn't have felt the need to ask them where they were from. Your need to ask them was based on a judgement of their appearance. The appearance you judged to be "ethnic looking"
Obviously you have a personal bias here, you’re either ethnic looking or your spouse or adopted child are.
It has absolutely nothing to do with them looking too ethnic to “belong” here. I ask all kinds of people, even those who look slightly ethnic. And this isn’t just a “brown people” thing I ask unique looking white people too.
Personal bias? For or against what? I'm just reacting to what you said. You talked about asking ehtnic looking people where they're from like it's a hobby or a duty you perform.
"I'm sure they grow tired of being asked".... Right there you're acknowledging that their "ethnic looking" quality is what prompted the query.
You're the one that associated "ethnic looking" with the need to ask them where they were from. You're the one that brought it up.
I'm supposed to believe that you ask every person that you see where they're from and you've only observed ethnic looking people being huffy? Back-pedalling nonsense.
Why are you putting "brown people" in quotations? You're not quoting me. You're the one introducing "brown people" to the discussion.