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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just do Ireland or whatever country your ancestors came from! I’d like to see PTA people questioning you lol 
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OP here- I feel like this is really inauthentic. I think some of what dd is upset about is the feeling that we don't have an exciting culture like everyone else does, but we do! Our culture just doesn't extend outside of the US. I had some really neat ancestors here. One was a well known female pioneer that my dd is named after even. [/quote]

That is so sad- I totally get where you are coming from and I LOVED these nights b/c back in the 80's noone had heard of Pakistan, where my parents immigrated from.  I think you should do the republic of Texas or whatever Texas used to be called before it was a state and educate the PTA person that you do actually have a culture and identity.  A lot of immigrants believe that there is no 'american' culture, and its true in the same way that there is no Indian or Pakistani culture bc someone who is from Peshawar will have a totally different culture than someone from Multan.  the different regions in America do have rich cultural traditions that are apparent when you live in a less immigrant heavy area.  I would first enlist an ally in explainingthis- maybe a fellow parent or teacher and then approach the organizers. I hope this works out for you, I'd be super upset as well. [/quote]

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