Maybe I'll ask some of my black friends that question and see what kind of responses I'd get. My guess is: Spoiler <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6kS_qLzPWVg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
And its not like I respond in a dick way when they ask the question. I typically respond with "I'm American, but I'm assuming you meant my ethnicity? Well then in that case I'm Bengali."
For real, you're Asian!?!?!?! I SRSLY couldn't tell from your almost-perfect grammar in the OP. From what country is your family?
I never thought I was being overly sensitive... I thought I was just more annoyed then anything. But O well I guess I'm in the wrong here.
When I carry out a conversation and ask me "Where are you from." And I answer with "I was born in Texas." And the follow up question is "What is your nationality?" I know they mean ethnicity but it still annoys me. Whatever.
I guess you're just a subset of Grammar Nazi then. In fact, you should respond with that. "I was born in Texas, but by blood, I'm a Grammar Nazi."
I don't get offended at all. I take pride in the fact that I'm an American regardless of where my grandparents immigrated from. I also take pride in the fact that they came over to a foreign country and gained citizenship the proper way. Couldn't have been easy considering they only spoke Chinese, it was the late 1930's, and they opened a business in Mississippi (of all places) and became successful with very little government assistance. It's a far cry from what is the norm in today's society. I'm proud of my heritage and happy to tell anyone about it if they ask my nationality.
Guys if I was seriously offended and thought it was a bigoted question I would have posted this in the D&D not in the Hangout. Its just a minor annoyance...sheesh.
the proper way to ask this question is to ask "where your family is from?" I do that regardless whether it's a guy who was born in Houston or if it's someone who just got to America yesterday.
Why does it annoy you? Think-skinned? Just answer their question, man. Lighten up and play along. So... anyway... what's your ethnicity?
Don't ask questions where you might not like the answers. If you are getting annoyed at responses on a BBS, I can see why you would get annoyed at a seemingly innocent question.
It's pretty simple. Japanese = Talk about cars. Chinese = Talk about movies. Korean = Talk about Nail Salons. Taiwanese = Talk about movies. Indian = Talk about cricket. Paki = Talk about sports. Palestinian = Talk about taxi cabs. Iranian = Talk about hair gel.
