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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Don’t be like the white kids.”  He even said it in Chinese, though he may not personally agree with what his parents repeated.

On WeChat, it’s apparently common for Chinese parents to warn their kids, openly, “don’t be like the white kids.”

Has no one commented on that overt racism? [/quote]

Yes, this is overt racism for parents who say things like this, and I'm sure there are such racist Chinese parents just like there are racist white parents who reject anything cultural novel as the downfall of America. But trying to insinuate that these views are general fact is simply race-war baiting. I don't have issues with someone sharing a personal story as a warning to harsh, overbearing parents. But I have real issues with this particular guy because it seems like he is more interested in getting more clicks with racially inflammatory generalizations.

As Asian American parent who grew up 1st gen, I 100% do NOT believe it is common for Asians to warn their kids not to be like white kids. They may raise their kids differently to preserve aspects of their culture, but that is not the same as overt racism. I personally have never heard my immigrant parents or their friends say this. If anything, my friends and I grew up hearing the opposite advice all the time, "white people do things this way, so we will do this too to fit in." My parents loooooved it when I had white friends because it meant I was fitting in. But people sure love outrage, and so this guy will get more clicks and attention by highlighting the most extreme views that make people outraged. I could talk ad nauseam about the anti-Asian racism my family and I personally faced from particular white people in the now-MAGA dominant area where I grew up. But I also have the sense to know that this doesn't mean the majority of white people are like this or that being racist is somehow a white-person trait, even for that area. [/quote]

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