Hey everyone! I haven't posted a forum post for a while. I work in retail (I won't say where) and I have people/customers asking me where I am from.
I personally find it racist for people to ask me out of a sudden/randomly where I am from. Where does that accent is coming from? Strange name, where are you from?
How long you have been in Australia? Why did you come to Australia? Are some of the questions I am been asked daily and to be honest it's getting on my nerves and I find it racist.
To give you context, this are not regular customers that I have interactions everyday. This are random first time customers.
What do you think?
Racist or not racist.
Also I would like your input on how you would reacted if something like this occurs daily to you.
Edit: Thanks to scrimshaw for sharing this article. Although I respect people's opinion, I would suggest people reading this article that might change the way you think.
It’s the total opposite for me. Nobody seems to care where I’m from and it gives me the impression that they are not interested to listen to my point of view or perhaps couldn’t be bothered with anything that goes on outside of Australia. That’s an even sadder feeling