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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People need to just chilll - why not say - Oh - My grandmother was &lt;fill in the blank&gt;. The OP won't even say what the heritage is - just hey "I'm NOT Chinese".

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As to my "heritage," I don't want to out myself, though I probably already did.  Honestly, I thought I handled the tour very well and with some humor to cover over the awkward moments.  Also, it was 1 real awkward teacher conversation, then followed by 3 conversations where culture day and an another asian parent was emphasized unsolicited, and then followed by 3 conversations where I wouldn't have noticed anything unusual because of asian themes (i.e. Origami) but at that point I had 7 asian themed conversations in a 2 hour period where in 2 prior tours at other schools I hadn't had any.  The other ones were just nuts and bolts do you have any questions type interactions and they responded to my concerns about stuff like the curriculum.  So yes, it stood out quite a bit to me.

I'm just venting and maybe I am overreacting.  I just thought it was weird.  And as an asian american, at very points in your life you do get in situations where you feel that people don't consider you a real American or that we are immigrants, so we can get a little touchy about it.   Nothing big, but just a bunch of slights that grate over time.  I guess I'm kind of worried that will happen to me.[/quote]

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