Where are you from?: answers to ten race-based questions you shouldn’t ask a stranger

Ara Variyar
Aug 26, 2017 · 1 min read

Just a shout-out in particular to all the guys who feel the profound need to know what my genetic makeup is before contemplating inserting their frondongle into my whatsit.

1. Where are you from?
I don’t know, my parents never told me. (Bonus points if it comes with wide eyes and a slight pout.)

2. Where are your parents from?
What, are you stalking my parents? That’s kinda creepy, to be honest.

3. What are you?
An ethereal, ephemeral entity of esotericism with extensive alliterative acumen. Duh.

4. What’s your heritage?
Wait…are you stalking my whole family line? What do you want, a DNA sample?

5. But seriously, where are you really from?
Where are we all from, really? That’s such a deep question!

6. Why don’t you just tell me where you’re from? I don’t understand why you’re making such a fuss, seriously?
Why do you care so much?

7. Like, where would your ancestors have been a thousand years ago?
Operating with rudimentary plumbing. I feel bad for them, don’t you?

8. I just want to know where you’re from.
Australia, if you must know.

9. But like, you can’t be from here originally.
Why?

10. Because you’re, like, you know, your skin.
Better suited for the Aussie sun than yours is? Absolutely

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Ara Variyar

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french, religion and performance uni student. music teacher. writer. fanatical agnostic. motorcyclist, horse rider.

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