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Sounds like they’re asking about your background to (gasp) get to know you and build a connection. 🤷♂️
Not sure how that is offensive? Seems like moving to a new country would be a defining moment of your life (at least it was for me) that others might be interested in hearing about.
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They are just trying to get to know you. I grew up in the US but am from Scotland. People find this interesting. (I should like every other American)
Different POV. I think it is fine to say something like “That’s really cool. What surprised you most when you moved to the US?”, but saying something like “Was it a big shock for you” is language that assumes otherness at best or the perception that India is a savage country that is inferior to the US at worse.
It’s almost like how in business school instead of asking visible international students “where are you from?”, I’d ask “Where did you live before school?”. I found the second phrasing of the question often led to same info but was told that it came off as less judgy.
It is a small nuance (and maybe unintentional), but I think very telling, OP.
As a fellow brownie, this question bothers me too. The “where are you from” and when I say “suburbs of Chicago” they get this awkward look on their face lol.