So, where are you from?

No. Where are you really from?

Get this a lot? Even from complete strangers? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wants to talk to you.

And if you have a habit of asking these questions, we’d like to talk to you, too.

We’re writing about these questions and what they mean for Re: Race project, a new body of coverage on how we experience race and ethnicity in Georgia.

Email reporter Arielle Kass at akass@ajc.com to share your experience.

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A native of Columbus and a fine arts graduate of Clark Atlanta, Amy Sherald was chosen as the official portrait artist of former first lady Michelle Obama. On the same week that the portrait was unveiled at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, it was also announced that Sherald was awarded the High Museum's 2018 David C. Driskell Prize. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

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