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Being Asian in Germany

Philip has been a little mean lately. Today he broke down crying. It seems some older boys at school have been teasing him about being Asian. It makes him feel afraid and sad. We love Asians, and are proud of his dark hair and tan skin. It's so sad some stupid people (and I mean stupid in the real meaning...uneducated) don't accept people that are different from them. The sad thing is this is coming mostly from Turkish boys. They probably feel prejudice, and they are inflicting the meanness they have received on someone else. Thomas gets it too. Some how we need to teach our kids not to be mean in return! This kind of stuff can not continue with them. We try to teach them to treat others the way they want to be treated.

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Tina said…
Bless his heart..they really are uneducated but that doesnt make the hurt any less painful. We have had not to go through that yet b/c our asian daughter is only 2. But we have done our best to instill in our older 3 that prejudice is not to be tolerated.
5:22 PM
Jill W said…
Kids can be so cruel. When something like this happens to my kids I always ask them how the teasing or whatever made them feel. When they tell me it is hurtful or makes them sad, I tell them they should never make anyone feel that way. It is wrong and no one should be treated like that. It's just another twist on the golden rule.
7:58 PM
RamblingMother said…
When you figure it out share for those of us coming behind because it isn't just Germany. Also, funny the Turkish boys are Asian too.

Beverly
10:13 PM
redmaryjanes said…
Amy,
I have sent you an e-mail regarding hep-B.
Thanks,
Kimberley
11:37 PM
Heather BT said…
Amy, Thought you might be interested in this article, mostly done with graphics comparing Germans to Chinese in various thought patterns. Don't know if it will help explain things at all, but it might
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_china/20071001/wl_mcb_china/thedesignofculturaldifferences;_ylt=Asj3s_N2urHBmzR7egxqbv6ruYd4
Heather BT
Adoptakid.blogsppot.com
3:01 PM
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