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Where are you REALLY from? 

HAmLit students tackle whether this question is a microaggression or a harmless curiosity about one’s ethnicity

By Zara Iqbal and Helen Chao

This year’s Honors American Literature classes started their first unit with a question projected on the powerpoint screen: “Where are you really from?” Watch the video below for student and teacher perspectives on whether the question is considered a microaggression and other reactions to its inclusion in this year’s HAmLit curriculum.

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