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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is waisian and seems to have made a lot of waisian friends, way more than in HS. Do your waisian kids bunch together in college or mix more with the Asians? or is their friend group more mixed? [/quote]

We are a mixed family- white mom, Asian dad. Many of our friends were the same mix in college so it’s no surprise that we found one another.

The pattern that our generation of mixed people and my kids’ generation seems to follow is friendships with mostly fellow mixed kids. My child has found themselves often sidelined by groups of white friends and their families, and not accepted by Asian kids and especially their families- that made it rare for her to socialize with all-Asian kids in elementary and middle school. Now that she’s older she continues to gravitate to mixed friends, probably because they share a common experience. My DD identifies way more with the Asian side of her family and their culture and language, but she was often excluded in Asian groups and we were shunned by Asian parents who weren’t in mixed relationships, so her relationship with her heritage is really complex and has influenced her friendships.[/quote]

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