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[quote=Anonymous]Americans don’t care about race, if you make out about race they’ll exclude you because you act weird towards them. Treat everyone the same and respect them equally until they give you a reason not to. Also don’t judge people by what car they drive, how they talk, how they dress, etc. A millionaire might drive a 20 year old car and dress like a bum and a financially struggling couple might live in a mansion and drive a Ferrari. If you try judging your interactions before they even happen just by how Asian someone looks or does not look then you won’t get far. If someone doesn’t have Asian friends that doesn’t mean they’re racist towards Asians they just don’t have Asian friends. Find common ground and go from there, they don’t really care that you’re first gen Asian, but you can talk about kids or activities first. Over time you can tell them about cultural things and vice versa but that’s not really a conversation starter. I’m generalizing of course, some people may be interested. In general you can ask things like hey I’m new to the area do you have any favorite restaurants? We started swimming this year what activities does your kid do? If you go in with we’re first gen from Asia, it’s an instant division because most people in the us never need to travel outside the us. Also for the kids don’t be afraid to Americanize their lunches, even if it’s just 1 thing per day. Kids in elementary school here are big on lunch, send your kid with kimchi and seaweed everyday just makes them stand out. You can agree or disagree with this but it’ll happen. Kids that have super healthy American foods get made fun of too. Try to embrace the culture here, don’t make huge comparisons, speak good English, and don’t judge others.[/quote]

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