But where do you really come from?

The subjectivity of racism

Many of you (of all backgrounds) will have heard variants of this question:

Where are you from?

Britain.

But where do you REALLY come from?

I'm Jewish.

I have gone through this dialogue many times. As someone whose mother's family came to Britain in the 1650s you may think that I would be offended. Insulted. After all, many are. I've heard stories of a Pa…