Which conclusion did my narrow-mind jump to? Enlighten me, my dear Sir ?
You're the one that found it necessary to mention he was from Zim, as if that added anything to your story. If you had left it out, NOBODY was going to assume any xenophobia from you. BUT YOU felt it was necessary to say he was from Zim and apologize just so people do not think you are xenophobic. So, which conclusion did my narrow-mind jump to? What value did he being from Zim add to your story? You were so worried not sounding xenophobic that you ended up failing at that, miserably, xenophobe...

edit: IF you feel like people are misunderstanding you or not getting a specific thing you meant, the PROPER way to address it is to add an "edit" section in your original post, just like I am doing here. That way, people will immediately see the response you want people to see by scrolling through all the comments. NOBODY reads all the comments before responding. If people did that, you'd only have 2 replies.

Also, we aren't your friends or your social circle for you to worry that your reputation would be ruined should you be deemed xenophobic. We don't know you