当别人问我Where are you from 的时候,我会很混乱。到底是说我出生的地方,还是我居住的时间比较长的地方呢。(可能只是亚裔的问题)
是问nationality呢,还是问我祖先来自哪里?
然后说了一堆以后,人家只是想知道我的种族(ethnicity)。Which is Chinese.
所以希望以后他们问的时候,搞清楚要问的是nationality (国籍),现在居住地,出生地(birth place)还是人家是什么种族(ethnicity)
A: where are you from ?
B: I was born in South Korea and raised in the U.S, after University I moved to Australia and I’ve been living here ever since....
A: Yeah . but where are you really from??
B: You mean my ethnicity ?
A: Oh like what kind of Asian are you ?
B: ...