For me, if someone starts with, Hi, Where are you from?, then it seems like a stalker, not someone racist.
"First time poster on this thread" Racist? You must be out of your mind. Asking someone where they live is not racist.
^ It's creepy. Like a stranger calling you on your phone and saying 'OH EM GEE I'M SO SORRY THAT YOUR CAT DIED' right after you buried their remains. Inside a coffin. In the back of the house. Where you can see its resting place through a window. ... R.I.P. Mr. Snuggles.
Creepy it is, but racist is not the appropriate word But, my pupil is from Singapore too and suddenly he asks me where I'm schooling that is stalker alert