New Delhi, June 30 -- A Reddit post by an Indian woman living abroad has struck a chord with many around the world, especially those who have faced the exhausting, often demeaning, experience of subtle or "casual" racism.

The anonymous user took to the subreddit r/nri to share her recent encounter at a spa that left her feeling stunned and unsure how to react. A white woman asked where she was from. When the poster replied "India", the woman followed up with, "Did you learn English after coming here? Your English is exactly like mine." The Redditor responded calmly, saying she had spoken English all her life, but was met with an uncomfortable silence and a blank stare.

"It wasn't aggressive," she wrote, "but it was so ignorant. Stuff li...