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I like to say Asian American, but [b]I notice MCPS constantly labeling my child as just Asian[/b]!!!  Did you not see all the reports MCPS disperses.  Despite the fact that my kid is 2nd generation ASIAN-AMERICAN we are still just Asians.  At least they give the "African-American" label.[/quote]

Then MCPS should stop doing that!

(I hadn't noticed it, but I will start paying attention.)[/quote]

It's a federal guideline for their collection of race and ethnicity data.

[url]https://www2.ed.gov/policy/rschstat/guid/raceethnicity/questions.html[/url][/quote]

It is weird that students who are black can be African American but students who are Asian are just Asian. Not Asian American.

This is from the document above.

What is this person's race? Mark one or more races to indicate what this person considers himself/herself to be.

White

Black or African American

Asian

American Indian or Alaska Native

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander[/quote]

Google “perpetual foreigner” and you’ll know why. [/quote]

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