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As a white American I used to do this too!
I had an experience one time in the military that helped me to learn. Thankfully it was pretty painless.
There was an Asian service member who was helping me do something administrative for some kind of training school.
I asked them "Hey Lee, where are you from?" Without skipping a beat or looking up, Lee: Georgia
Why did I expect him to say Guangzhou, China? Because I had a, previously unknown to me, bias against Asian Americans that they weren't "really" American.
In my conscious mind I never felt that way. But there are times where this does happen. Sadly because of supremacy culture POC not only have to be patient but incredibly intelligent to convince people not only that it is real but that they might be contributing to it.
I'm sorry that you had this experience. But please continue to share. It is because I heard stories like yours over and over before I was able to self-correct.
Thank you for admitting that and growing.
Fortunately, I had been exposed to progressive ideas for a long enough time to see that I was unintentionally adhering to racist ideas.
If you asked me in my day to day life I would have said that of course I accept everyone. I wasn't even aware that I had learned these attitudes about people.
I can only guess that it was something taught to me at an age that was before I knew that those ideas were wrong.