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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just being honest, the Indian kids at my DD’s high school only sat with one another at school. They spoke in Hindu to each other. They weren’t allowed to hang around with “other” kids outside of school, let alone date them. [/quote]

:roll: Your ignorance is showing.  Hindu is a religion and a person who follows Hinduism.  The language that some Indians speak is Hindi.  There are many Indian languages and I can assure you that most of the kids are not speaking their mother tongue outside of their home and outside of their family group.

There are no Indian kids at your daughter's school. They are Indian Americans.  The reason that they are not hanging out with other kids is that they are focussed academically.  They do hang out with kids from other races who are into academics, scholastic endeavors or EC activities.   My Indian-American HS kid has a close group of kids who are from all colors and (gasp!) all political leanings - but they all are good well behaved kids and come from families that prioritize learning. All are liked very much by the teachers.

Trust me, if any Indian-American kids do not hang out with some kids, it is less to do with their race and more to do with their character. [/quote]

PP here. You proved my point. It’s past tense btw-her school had class rank and she was ranked above those kids (she was in the top 2% of the class). They weren’t Indian Americans; they all came directly from India in the last ~7-9 years. I’m just sharing her experience-they did not hang out with kids of “other” colors. Your experience doesn’t cancel out my child’s. She was assigned to work on group projects with many of them and they spoke in their mother tongue in class the whole time. This was a “diverse” high school with kids from hundreds of countries. [/quote]

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