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How to respond to persistent questions about your ethnic origins

I speak perfect English but people still ask where I am really from and I am tired of explaining that Minnesota is my real home.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Visible minorities face repeated challenges to their belonging regardless of their actual origins or cultural integration.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ethnic identity and heritage?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.