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> A lot of people will recognize when being asked that "Where are you from?" is supposed to be a politer way of asking "So why aren't you white?"

It's also a rather normal, conversational, question.

See also 'What do you do?', 'Did you catch the game last night?', 'Have you seen Avatar?', etc.