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[quote=Anonymous]Well he might be offended because of the environment in which it was brought up.  He was touring the school and this was the teachers’ first time meeting him.  I have met many people in my life of many different orgins and I would not think to ask them where they are from upon meeting them for the first time.  Also, he might be offended that they launched into a sales pitch about Asian cultures that are not his.  I am AA.  If someone asked me where I was from, I would say Detroit.  If they, without me asking,  then talked about the things they do to celebrate Nigerian culture, I woud think they were clueless.  Not racist, not malicious…..CLUELESS.

The teachers were clearly trying to make him feel comfortable, but they did it in awkward and inappropriate way. And as a parent, you do have to wonder how your kid is going to be treated in that teacher’s classroom.  Is that kid going to get all the Asian topics druing culture week?  When they do the living biography project, will my kid automatically be given an Asian subject?  That is the stuff that you think about when this happens.  I would not have been offended per se, but it would make me wonder about fit.   
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