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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am Asian with full Asian kid, I don't think this girl is that bad, maybe a little clueless, maybe a little racial stereotypes, but not racist. You might think it's micro-aggression, I don't think it's aggressive.

Believe me Asians also have racial stereotypes for other people too.  You or maybe your spouse should teach your daughter how to resolve these things for the benefit of your frenemy.  Because she will encounter things like this a lot.

"[DD's name], I bet your family goes there a lot!".  "No, we are not Thai, just like you are not French".

"[expat kid] went back to China! It's because he loves dumplings!"  "Don' t you love it too? they are delicious!"

"[DD's name], why aren't you with your people?".   "I might look like them but I don't speak Mandarin." [/quote]

As an Asian person, I don’t think this is especially helpful, and I think that when Asian people pretend things aren’t racist it creates a culture of accepting this generation after generation, sometimes as a way to give yourself a free pass to be racist. You remind me of some of my relatives who tolerate a lot of crap and then turn around and say terrible things about people of other races.

And saying things based on racial stereotypes IS racism, by the way. [/quote]

The previous Asian poster.  These "racists" comments could easily be spoken by any kids in China/Japan/Korea if their school has an American kid.  "John, I bet your family goes to McDonald a lot".  C'mon, these are kids, they have no malice, you are suppose to teach them, not to treat them as "racists".

Just chill out, people.  [/quote]

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