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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm Asian-American and my husband is caucasian.  Our kid goes to an elementary school in N. Arlington.  At the kindergarten open house last year, I was shocked to see that my kid was the only kid "of color" in his class.  The other parents and kids were all lovely, so I didn't think the racial disparity mattered at the time.  Sadly, though, [b]my kid came home from school and made comments about how he "didn't like [his] look" and why couldn't he look more like his dad.  It was heartbreaking.  Diversity actually does matter -- at least seen through the eyes of a minority kid.  [/b]

And as to the generalizations re: Asians in Arlington?   I went to Harvard and Yale for college/law school, and our household income is in the 7-figure range.  The few other Arlington Asian families I've met (through my kid's school) have similar backgrounds, actually.[/quote]

THIS.  Another Asian/Caucasian mix family.  We came from an area (not here) where majority were white.  My kids would also make comments about how they didn't like their light brown hair (it's gorgeous, btw). They wanted yellow hair like their friends, who were all white/blondes.  We moved.  Now they have friends of all color, black, white, brown, yellow, and some shades in between.  Love it.[/quote]

Where are you now?  It doesn't sound like one of the "white castles" in North Arlington. [/quote]

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