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[quote=Anonymous]My kid's responses would be:

Some examples of the comments would be that a group of girls were talking about restaurants they went to over the weekend and one girl mentioned going to a Thai restaurant. The frenemy girl said, "[DD's name], I bet your family goes there a lot!".   [b]Um, Sarah, my dad is from from OHIO. [/b]

Another example is that one of their Asian classmates with expat parents moved to his parents' native country this summer. The frenemy girl said to DD, "[expat kid] went back to China! It's because he loves dumplings!"  [b]Who doesn't love dumplings? Oh, sorry, you've probably never tasted them before because you're white. [/b]

During a Lunar New Year celebration, there was a group of mainland Chinese kids who were also Mandarin speakers who ran a booth at the school festival to teach basic Mandarin phrases. DD's frenemy turned to her and said "[DD's name], why aren't you with your people?". My ILs and my DD have Chinese heritage but we speak a different language than those kids and are from a different country. [b]Um, Sarah, my dad is from from OHIO. There's no Ohio table here, weirdo. [/b]

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