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Here's the thing. If I am ever annoyed or insulted by questions like this, I am very good about making it known. It's not that I get asked constantly (though it can be a little tiring), it's that most people who ask aren't genuinely curious about me; my race and ethnicity are just another tidbit of party small-talk to them.

I can appreciate that somebody I am getting to know would want to know more about where I came from as a way to know me better in general. I do not appreciate when somebody makes me go out of my way to explain it to them so that they can feel less guilty about never having seen somebody with my combination of hair, skin color and facial features. After all, it's not my problem if somebody I pass on the street thinks I'm Polynesian or Laotian. But it sure is a pain in the ass that I'm expected to waste my time answering their questions and being reminded that I apparently look different from all the other people they see on the street.

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"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
(Michael Jordan)