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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]White, upper middle class mom here--if anything I'm attracted to Asians, because (stereotyping here, but the individuals I've met) have my work and education ethic.  Actually, I don't think I'm attracted to them because they are Asian, but because those individual moms and I value similar things.

Just got off the phone with a very good friend of mine, and she's Chinese-born and raised.  In the past when our kids went to the same school, some of the white moms would not include her in a recurring small mom's night gathering, but it was because it was organized by one mom who had trouble understanding her accent.  I found myself uncomfortable that everyone liked her and she *should* have been there but for this organizing mom, so I stopped going.  Actually, thinking about this, that organizing mom was Latina, but she was the Alpha of the group and the other (white) moms went along with it.

I have another friend who is American born, and our daughters have been best friends for years.

If my kids married Asian, I would be fine with that (as long as their families accepted my white kids)

I'm sorry OP you are having trouble.  I will say that if your kids didn't start h/her current school in a "formation class" (usually PS or K) and transferred into a school, it's hard because people's dance cards are filled.  The parents all make friends with their oldest child's class parents at time of school entry.  I've had that trouble. [/quote]

New poster and I'm a White upper middle class mom.  I'm often snubbed by other White moms too.  I work and I also push my kids academically / they play instruments/ aren't involved in sports and I find that my friends are other moms who do the same (regardless of race).  I don't see it as a race thing at all. Unfortunately, there is a group of White upper middle class moms who are just terrible and entitled. Don't worry about not making friends with them- they don't like me either.  You need to find your "tribe" and that's values not race.  [/quote]

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