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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an Asian-American mom of ES kids.  I was born in the Midwestern US.  I had more non-Asian friends than Asian-American friends my entire life and married a non-Asian.  Since being a mom, I feel really left out of the mom social scene, despite my best efforts to be involved.  I always figured it was something about me as an individual but, on DCUM, I see there is a lot of negativity towards and stereotyping of Asians.  I don't know if this is actually common in real life in the DC area.  I am shocked by the attitude because part of what I like about this area is the diversity.

My question is whether you feel less comfortable befriending someone who is non-white, or specifically of Asian origin, than you do someone who is white.

This is an anonymous forum, so please be honest.[/quote]

Not at all.  I am upper middle class white mom, born in the mid-west and I have a hard time making mom-friends here too.  I've been here long enough, but I just feel like people stick to themselves more and only make friends when they are repeatedly in the same place (i.e. soccer parents become "friends" during soccer season, then never see each other again).  It's not as easy to run into people we know b/c there are so many grocery stores and people have so many commitments -- unlike in a smaller town where everyone is kind of going to the same places/events.

It's not just you and I don't think it has anything to do with being Asian.[/quote]

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