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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I married an Asian immigrant who came when he was 3, I'm a white female.  20-some-odd years later my dear mil told me that she was secretly glad he married me so that she didn't have to complain about me all the time, because that's the expected mil/dil dynamic in old school Asian culture.  But I dove right in to learning the language and culture, his family jokes I'm a better Asian than him.  I tell this story because the comments may have nothing to do with your shortcomings, but them grappling with having to be "Asian" after living here for so long and wanting to be more Western.[/quote]

PP.  Asian people always thought my kids looked white, and white people always thought my kids looked Asian.  Odd thing that I have noticed over the years, biracial kids with typical American last names were treated differently than my son who had an Asian last name.  It became really apparent during Covid, when his close friend got no Asian hate, but he did, despite being at the same school.[/quote]

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