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[quote=Anonymous]BIL has three kids and the youngest is adopted from an Asian country. All three play a lot of sports. We visited with his family this weekend and watched a few games because that is all BIL's family does on the weekend. They live a few hours away so not in the DC area. His youngest son was playing basketball. I noticed his coach mocking how he shot a ball. It wasn't in a really mean way but if this had happened in our area it would have certainly raised eyebrows and parents would have turned to each other and said something like, "What is he (the coach) doing?"

BIL said this has happened more than a few times with this coach and another coach for a different sport for his youngest son but not his other children and had wondered about it.

I suggested he say something to the coaches and he agreed, but neither of us know of a delicate way to bring this up and what exactly we would say. The child looks like a normal kid and he moves like a normal kid. Solid player, probably in the middle for skill on his travel basketball team. Only Asian kid on the team.

But somehow these coaches think that when he plays sports it's funny. Can anyone provide advice? If you think this is not a big deal and normal please tell me. It made me uncomfortable but would you think this is okay?

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