...but haven't got a bleeding clue about their own ethnic origins?
Classic convo:Person: Hi, blah blah blah
Me: Hi, blah blah blah
Person: So where are you from? Originally, I mean?
Me: I'll tell you that if you can tell me first where you come from.
Person: Oh, er...London. (I am not exaggerating here, I have been told this at least twice )
and double-
The best any of them can do is 'England and Scotland' or something like that. Still a double-.
I heard Jamie Oliver on Friday saying that he's recently discovered that his family origins go back to some Sudanese people eons ago. Surely that's an exciting thing to know about oneself, right?
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...to find it peculiar when white people ask me where I come from 'originally'...
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MrsMerryHenry · 06/09/2009 22:40
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