I agree, I do have a thicker skin because of it. I have been confused for many an ethnicity (and while I don't mind it, I sometimes wonder why people are so curious). A lot of times I lie just because I want the person to expand their horizons as what "race" a person is... and pray they my consider for a moment it doesn't matter.
The same worms will eat our flesh when we die, so why should it matter what tint is?
Your final line rang in my ears. People are spiritual beings in a physical experience so there's no use judging a body that doesn't encompass us.
I let people guess for fun, because it also challenges their thinking to stretch some. That;s a brilliant approach to have them think back on why they would ask such a question. I'm fortunate enough to be born into a culturally diverse society here. Being judgemental can really doom someone where everyone is the minority.
For every struggle, there's always something to gain. The thicker skin here gives me solace c: