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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's 2019, and you live near DC. Assume that if you are going to a household where at least one adult is of Asian descent, you will have to remove your shoes. Get over it. I prepare for all kinds of cultural differences when I go to white people's homes...[/quote]

I agree with you.

NP and genuinely curious: how do you prepare for cultural differences in white people's homes? (Just curious for the perspective that I might not be aware of.)[/quote]

NP, but my husband and I always eat before visiting our white friends. We know it's likely that we won't like the food, they won't serve food, or they'll serve something weird to eat at a party like soup.

When we host parties and we know some of our white friends will be coming, we tell them a different time to show up because we don't want them showing up hours before everyone else. We also choose a more "palatable" playlist that won't make them uncomfortable, and we set up a quiet space because they frequently complain that the party is too loud. Conversely, we think it's weird to throw a party with no music, no food, and everyone sitting in a circle staring at one another. [/quote]

We also eat beforehand mainly because we are vegetarians and will usually find nothing to eat. Once our friends called me to celebrate my birthday and forgot to make something vegetarian and I genuinely was okay with it since I understand that it’s something new for them. 
I make sure that I have napkins available during meals at our home( we wash our hands in the sink after meals), cook with less spice for them and always try to make a dish recognizable to them like spaghetti. [/quote]

What is with this weird white people bashing? I’m a vegetarian and rarely have trouble finding something to eat. [/quote]
How is this white peoples bashing? The only they served was soup and I couldn’t have the soup but like I said no big deal. 
BTW this happens in any home that we visit that are huge meat eaters, especially if it’s like a barbeque. PP asked specifically about white people and all the white people I know are meat eaters.[/quote]

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