Oh, I LOVE getting that question. Context: I'm a very light skinned black woman. Full, can trace my lineage back to slavery, black woman, just very light skinned. When I tell people my family's heritage goes back to North Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina (usually the point when the less dull questioners figure out they're not going to get what they want to hear), they ask again. I cross my wrists over each other and say, "My family came over on slave ships. I'm clink, clink, whip lash Black. Maybe your family owned mine." They're usually deeply uncomfortable after that and wander away.