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How to break the social stigma for Asian women Ginny Hwang TEDxDominicanIntlSchool (Original Post) yuiyoshida Dec 2017 OP
When we adopted from CHina, we were ecstatic, the ENTIRE family benld74 Dec 2017 #1
Imposed stereotypes can become inherent great observation . Great lecture and she's only 15! lunasun Dec 2017 #2
I'm unaware of any bad stereotypes about Asians. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #3
Really?? yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #4

benld74

(9,904 posts)
1. When we adopted from CHina, we were ecstatic, the ENTIRE family
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 09:20 PM
Dec 2017

Taking the youngest to the oldest volleyball games was fun. Just give her a ball and she was happy as could be.
Now questions would come from the adults of the kids in the school. THey were tying to talk to her, she was just looking at them NOT saying anything, sort of clinging to my leg. THey were strangers and she was unsure of them.
One of them asked me, "She must not talk because she doesn't understand English?" "She must only speak Chinese".
I answered them, "She must not talk because she doesn't know YOU and she's afraid of you, and she's ONLY 13 months OLD"!

People can be so damned obtuse its maddening.

That 13 month toddler, is now sweet 16, knocking them over in HS, making the grades without issue.

O and that school? She wound up getting bullied so badly, that we pulled her and placed her in another school.
THe bully, a blond haired, blue eyed little witch.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
3. I'm unaware of any bad stereotypes about Asians.
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 10:33 PM
Dec 2017

What I know of is that Asians are thought to be highly intelligent, and hard, good workers who produce good product. Among the best employees you can hire.

That's all I've ever heard.

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