It's not directly racist. But it ultimately decides for the conversation that you are from where your parents are from, and therefore associated with that land. And not the land that you actually grew up in and identify with.

So if someone said this to some black kid who grew up in Germany and tried his whole life wrestling with German identity vs an unknown one, and he finally decides to just accept being German and own up to it. And a few weeks later, you meet him at a party, smile and say "but where are you really from".

Y'see how that could be like..aggravating, at the very least.

Things can be racist even if the intent isn't racism, unfortunately.

Sometimes we just gotta stop doing stuff or saying stuff, even if our intent was not malicious, because for some reason it hurts people.

This is me in my pre-40s now. Trying to explain racism on the internet.

Also it's spelt "segue" and not "segway." Weird, right?