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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, because people are reasonable and when you tell them where you come from, they integrate it.

HOWEVER, I am the author of the thread about a staff member at my child's school who insists on assuming that every vaguely Asian-looking kid is Chinese. She doesn't even ask! She calls my daughter's friend "the Chinese girl", and has kept it up, asking my daughter whether they can talk to a Chinese exchange student under the assumption they share the same native language. She just doesn't seem to be all there, to be honest. After a year of this, the kids are getting irritated (none of them are of Chinese heritage).
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I get that too (not Chinese, but similar situation) - it is irritating when people insist that you are something or someone you are not. ie: start talking to you like you are another (person of that background that they know), for example. If I tell you I am not that person or that background, it means I'm actually not. [/quote]

Yes I’m mixed race/ethnically ambiguous and have on multiple occasions had people assume that I come from various unrelated cultures and flat out call me a liar/accuse me of denying or betraying “my heritage” when I correct them.[/quote]

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