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[quote=Anonymous]***I have no idea how you could think anything I wrote is racist. I was just stating information about how well the head of school spoke Chinese. I couldn't care less about her race as long as she does a good job. That is my primary concern. Furthermore, there are 3 administrators at YY, none of whom are "mandarin" as you suggest: one AA head of school, one white COO and one white assistant principal. The former COO (different title then) is white and speaks Chinese. She is now working on the DCI and has no hand in the daily operations of YY. The bi-racial AA/Chinese person you speak of is a grant writer and is part of the development department. There is a Chinese program coordinator who appears to also be kindergarten classroom teacher at this time (according the the school's private portal). Interestingly, she is from Guangzhou. The person who screens all the applicants lives in another state, but she is a Taiwan native.***

The principal doesn't speak much Chinese other than good morning, good bye, etc.  Her bigger problem is she can't relate to her Chinese-speaking teachers who believe she's not fit for the job.  She knows it, too and it show. So painful to watch.

The grant writer speaks excellent Chinese and is well respected. Not sure how she feels about being labeled non-Chinese because of her AA  root. But I suspect that she's been dealing with it all her life.  She's married to a light-skinned AA.

The Chinese program coordinator is Cantonese and speaks Mandarin with a Cantonese accent which means her pronunciations are off. How ironic with this dialect debate. BTW, this job is way over her head.  She has become the principal's puppet and is universally HATED by the Chinese teachers after getting this job. It is well known that she and her friend, another teacher who got her here, are arch enemies now.

The former COO speaks poor Chinese and has a bad rap among staff, teachers and parents. [/quote]

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