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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It hurts my feelings. We're human just like everyone else. It makes me sad how racist people still are in America, despite how people like to think they're not. It shows that people are just being politically correct, but behind closed doors they are really racist and see [b]asians as undesirable for [/b]whatever preconceived notions they might have. I wish we could just see people for who they are and not their race.[/quote]

Are you 16? Whites don't see us as undesirable (well, maybe some whites do), they see us as a threat. Look back at US history going waaaayyy back... and think about all the bad things in US history... who had done the killings, fighting, slavery...etc. Yup, you guessed it. Present time is no different. Deep inside  you already knew this.

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+ 1.  OP needs to get your a** out of your head and stop wallowing in self-pity.

As an Indian in America, I can tell you this.  I'm a US citizen and think of myself a American.  A lot of people of other color, whatever work for me so I DO NOT think of myself as inferior or undesirable.  I'm clearly not inferior given by financial and work success.  I'm clearly not undesirable given the extent of my past relationships, family and friends.  Start thinking that way..focus on your strength.  "I am the best because I am smarter than the rest".  Contrary to what anyone might say, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.  Just make sure you don't turn into a "intellectual supremacist".. that's all.

Immigrants to the US typically come in at the bottom of the food chain to do the work no one else wants to do.. Their offspring climb the ladder over 1-3 generations before they get fully assimilated and be about good as the average ethnic group they can identify with.  This includes the Jews who are arguably one of the most hard working, intelligent, accomplished groups anywhere in the world.  Exceptions to that rule?   The very first group aka European colonizers and the latest Asian wave that typically takes high paying white collar jobs.  As a child of such immigrants you should consider yourself lucky!  Not only are your parents, wealthier than the average white family but are also aware of the importance of education and provided you the opportunities that enabled you to go to a top school.

As an Indian Parent of a kid at TJ, I'm not sure I personally would have liked that experience for myself.  Too much rigor and not reflective of the ethnic mix of white-collar employment (which is what I'm hoping for my children).  I'd have preferred for the school to be more relaxed and not as work intensive as it turned out to be.. Absolutely no reason to make kids work as hard in Language and History for example.  Certainly not recommending TJ for my other kids.

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