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[quote=Anonymous]I'm from Asia so I'm very familiar with how insular and prejudiced it can be. In my country, we are very homogeneous racially, unlike China, but we still manage to be tribal by region, city and accent, down to which university and high school and even elementary school one attended. Will not matter if you are born, raised and speak the language - even monolingually: once a foreigner, always a foreigner. Unfortunately a common theme in many Asian countries with a culture of ancestor worship. Difficult for Americans to comprehend if at all. And in my opinion, acceptance of anyone as an American is what makes this country great. As another pp pointed out, YY is a Chinese school in the US and not in China so it's nice that it's run like one. We want DC to learn Mandarin for the same reason it's so popular in Asia. It's business. No illusion whatsoever that he will be viewed as anything but a foreigner even with a perfect Shanghai accent.[/quote]
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