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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH can afford to be "American" because he actually has the same culture at home.  The culture of his Indian parents.  The DD needs to be exposed to both because her home culture is mixed.  She is biracial and bicultural.  There is no harm in knowing elements of both.  When is knowledge useless? It will just make her more well-rounded.  Learning a new language expands her horizons.  I mean my Indian-American kid has learned Spanish in school. How has that harmed him?

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With a white mom and uninvolved dad, it’s going to be hard to meaningfully expose the kid to Indian culture. The classes and teachers can be hard to find unless you have an in or Indian friends who can give you contacts. The community is also insular and probably will treat you and your DD with some suspicion or ignore you. If your DD doesn’t connect with other kids in the class, how will she continue to be interested?

The kids I’ve seen in these classes often know each other and discuss Indian movies, other classes, Indian clothes, their parents, as well as American pop culture stuff. Your daughter is going to feel left out. Does OP’s DD look Indian at all or mostly white? If white, she can pass as white, what’s the big deal?[/quote]

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