I’m just curious what others find interesting about another person’s ethnicity
I'm hesitant to get back in this discussion, but for me it's not so much about ethnicity as it is something new. Someone may interest me because of their accent or a physical trait. I don't care if they're white, black, blue, or purple, it's something new that interests me.
I wouldn't ask the average white, black, or Latino where they're from or what their ethnicity is because I'm around them every day. Ho-hum, same old, same old. But new people and cultures fascinate me and I would like to learn more. These aren't people I'm likely to see again, so it's not like I'm going to develop a friendship where information will slowly be volunteered over time. I've got maybe five minutes to get to know more about a person I find interesting, and maybe learn something about their culture I didn't know before.
I really hate that this discussion has turned into a racial thing. Just because you see a person with different skin doesn't mean you treat them any differently. If you had three guys in a room, all the same age, all the same build, all the same accent, all the same clothes, but one of the guys is black, you would obviously identify the black person by his skin color. That's what differentiates him from the others. He's no better or worse, that's just what makes him unique. It could be two black guys and a black woman, two Latinos and an Asian, etc. Maybe it's three black guys, but one has an English accent. Three white girls, one has blue eyes. Three kids, one is overweight. Three white girls, one has tattoos. You'll notice whatever trait makes that person special. But heaven forbid you acknowledge their difference because you might offend someone. Sheesh.