Yeah, as an Asian-American, I’ve adjusted to saying “I’m from the US, but my parents are from…” if I get the vibe that they’re really asking for my ethnicity.
In Ljubljana, I just left it at “I’m from the US” and the shopkeeper straight-up said, “but how can you be from the US when you look like that?” which I thought was pretty funny, cause nobody’s phrased it like that to me before lol.
Yeah, as an Asian-American, I’ve adjusted to saying “I’m from the US, but my parents are from…” if I get the vibe that they’re really asking for my ethnicity.
In Ljubljana, I just left it at “I’m from the US” and the shopkeeper straight-up said, “but how can you be from the US when you look like that?” which I thought was pretty funny, cause nobody’s phrased it like that to me before lol.