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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Until you said 15% black I would have guessed this was a certain MD school where I got a similar vibe but not the same type or level of stupid comments. (I am black and we are rare at that school.) Yes, they are trying to be nice and trying to reach out to you, but no, you are not overreacting and you do not need that stupid crap from well-meaning white folks. [b]nor does your child[/b]. You know what good intentions lead to, don't you? Why couldn't they just treat you like a person instead of like 'the Asian.'

Your DC deserves better than that. Can't you find a better school for DC? I don't just mean a better 'fit,' I truly mean a better school that is grounded in the 21st century.

Good luck![/quote]

Thanks.  This is the OP.  I think you hit it on the head.  I felt that I was "the Asian."  They were really nice and obviously going out of their way to make me feel comfortable there, but I went in thinking I was normal and left thinking they thought I was different.  I don't care if people ask me about my ethnicity (immigrant asians ask me all the time after just meeting me), but the context of it was just weird, as if they thought I needed reassurance that they value my asianness.

Anyways, my wife is like "get over it, you put me in charge of picking the schools to apply and DC and I like this one," and it's about DC not my insecurities.  Who knows if DC will even get in, as it could all be moot in a couple of weeks.  Thanks for letting me vent.[/quote]

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