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To: Mr Rogers

It may depend on what part of the country they are in. My son who is adopted from Southeast Asia has been taunted for his skin tone here in Texas, by other kids who mistake him for Mexican.


29 posted on 07/28/2015 8:17:23 AM PDT by Burkean (.)
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To: Burkean

We moved a lot. Central Texas, New Mexico, Washington state, Arizona. My son has had a lot of folks just start talking to him in Spanish. He just smiles and replies, “I’m Filipino, not hispanic. Either way, all I know is English!”

Maybe part of why they never had a problem is that they never got upset if someone asked them if they were mexican (or black - my son gets very dark in the sun and has curly hair).

My daughter DID once have a guy sit on her desk and say, “Asian Pride, baby”. She glared at him and replied, “I don’t feel pride in anyone I can bench press - get your scrawny rump off my desk before I hand it to you!” She ended up marrying a 6’1”, blond & blue eyed guy. Their kids could pass for Mexican, but haven’t had a problem in southern Arizona...


34 posted on 07/28/2015 8:53:09 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Can you remember what America was like in 2004?)
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