Asian American Vignette #1

At a lunch break during a conference, a third-generation Japanese American woman who speaks with a standard American accent and a European American man eat together.  He was the facilitator of a discussion group that morning - a group in which she actively participated.  As they are eating lunch, he asks her, "Where are you from?”  The woman replies “Toledo, Ohio.”  “I mean,” he says, “Where are you really from?”

Questions for the reader: What do you think about the white
facilitator's questions?  How do you think the Japanese American
woman might feel about them?

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