#Poetry
#WhereAreYouReallyFrom
#HarveyGillman

The recent news of Ngozi Fulani’s (CEO and Founder of Sistah Space) treatment at Buckingham Palace has opened up more conversation about simply asking “Where are you ‘really’ from?”.

Why does this question matter?

There is nothing wrong with asking about where you lived or where you grew up, these are normal questions for making connections with people. However, the follow-up question “Where are you ‘really’ from?”, or “You look/sound like you are from X or Y”, trying to satisfy their own assumptions leads to more uncomfortable conversations.

I grew up in the UK and lived in Europe, South East Asia, and Asia. From experience, this question follows you around wherever you go. When I provide a simple answer, “I grew up in the UK”, it never quite satisfies their curiosity according to their own biased judgement. From those who ask, I don’t stereotypically look like someone who should identify as that. They probe further and push me in a position to convince new acquaintances that that’s where I am REALLY from. After numerous microaggressive conversations of the same questions, it gets very exhaustive.

These intrusive questions are often excused as being curious and framed without malicious intent. It can be triggering as it undermines your identity, making you justify your identity, distorting your sense of belonging and making you feel alienated. These unwelcomed conversations have real undertones of racism, anti-minority and anti-immigration, these judgements about someone’s race, ethnicity and nationality can be harmful to the recipient.

The only way we can eliminate unconscious biases is to listen carefully when someone speaks and make meaningful connections. We need to stop profiling someone’s identity based on our own biased judgements. We are all different, no one should be measured and placed neatly in a box!

#WhereAreYouFrom #WhereAreYouReallyFrom
#MicroAggression #StopAsianHate #Identity #NgoziFulani

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/09/susan-hussey-royals-where-do-you-really-come-from/
#whereareyoufrom #whereareyoureallyfrom #theracecardproject
https://www.npr.org/series/173814508/the-race-card-project

Great to see journalists calling out on racism behind the question, “Where are you really from?”.
This weeks story with Ngozi Fulani has related to so many who has experienced this form of micro-racism.
#WhereAreYouFrom #WhereAreYouReallyFrom
https://youtu.be/JwjvsqQ9e-Y

I've not seen a single piece of work from Rizwan Ahmed that can be called 'simple' in either content, range, or performance.

He is outstanding in this multi-layered social and cultural commentary film.

Simply stunning work, again.

Mogul Mowgli is superb.

Watch it. 🎞️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-hFOqYUgcE

#RizAhmed #MogulMowgli #RizwanAhmed #Film #WhereAreYouReallyFrom

RT @Shinobilyrical1@twitter.com

to another British citizen when you can clearly hear a Britsh accent and insinuating that we're not really British by asking again and again is the problem.

I've been asked loads of times about my heritage without feeling offended. It's how you ask.

#WhereAreYouReallyFrom

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Shinobilyrical1/status/1598972540231118848

I’m watching the ‘where are you really from’-gate with a lot of interest. I have been asked in various contexts, with various intents for as long as I have lived in the UK. I realise I always will. Most people, even if their intentions are perfectly genuine (healthy curiosity), don’t know how uncomfortable this question can make people feel. It places an identity label on us that we might not be aligned with. No one has to identify with the place they were born in or want to have a conversation about it. Sometimes a simple ‘if you don’t mind me asking’ can make a whole lot of difference. And be prepared to just take ‘it’s complicated’ for an answer and move on #whereareyoufrom #whereareyoureallyfrom

RT @leeseongwee
#UK for Lady(?) Susan Hussey… you started this shit, now you owned it. #WhereAreYouReallyFrom ?

Where are you from?

https://youtu.be/1DmabQguml4

Riz Ahmed - Where Are You From?

#Racism #Colonisation #Colonialism #Identity #BritishBorn
#WhereAreYouFrom #WhereAreYouReallyFrom

RT @mat8iou@twitter.com

The whole "where are you really from" story with the royal family reminds me of this clip from 9 years ago by @KenTanakaLovesU@twitter.com
#whereareyoufrom #whereareyoureallyfrom
https://youtu.be/DWynJkN5HbQ

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mat8iou/status/1598363096531324928

The whole "where are you really from" story with the royal family reminds me of this clip from 9 years ago by @KenTanakaLovesU@twitter.com
#whereareyoufrom #whereareyoureallyfrom
https://youtu.be/DWynJkN5HbQ

#WhereAreYouReallyFrom #AdamRutherford #AbolishTheMonarchy

https://twitter.com/adamrutherford/status/1598255262070194176?s=12&t=SJEP_IGoj-tp3xH4bNzBoA

Lady Susan Hussey has reportedly resigned.

#WhereAreYouReallyFrom

Guess it's time to dust this piece off again.

Travelling While Black.

Where are you really from?

https://www.marjoriemorgan.com/blog-post/travelling-while-black

#Black #British #BlackBritish #AfroBritish #WhereAreYouReallyFrom #RoyalFamily #Racism #InstitutionalDiscrimination #EducationMatters #TravellingWhileBlack #BreathingWhileBlack
#Writer #AmWriting

Can't believe what an informative discussion on race they just had on BBC Radio 4. #WhereAreYouReallyFrom