[daisysmom]

It's unfortunate that there is so much racism still prevailent today. I too have many run-in's with racial comments and some people truly don't know it's offensive. (I too have had the do you eat dog questions or do you bury kimchee and how could you eat rotten cabbage comments).
Sad thing is, people don't realize it. When I use to tell my boyfriend of people being racist, sometimes it's not even the comments they make it's how they just stare at you, he'd always say "your being too sensitive". I told him he doesn't know what I'm going through or understand it since it's never happened to him and it's happened to me all my life (he's caucasian) . He never understood it until he was out with my son a few years ago (who is half asian/white) and was playing on playground at McDonalds with some other kids (one kid was getting rough and pushing the other kids around and my son pushed back) when the kids mom yells out to my boyfriend, "you need to get your chinese kid before I get the manager!" My boyfriend was taken back and the only that popped into his head to say to her was "he's not chinese". She literally rolled her eyes and said "whatever!" My boyfriend took my son out of there not because he did anything wrong but to get away from that lady. After that incident, he came home and was like honey I just had a racist experience happen to me and Darion. Fortunately, my son didn't know what went on.
I may be a lil 'sensitive' when people look at me as if inspecting a weird alien creature, or people making dumb comments or questions, but I can only shrug off the dirty looks and try to educate those that asks those off the wall questions.
I hope you know that you are not alone Jhordan and the best way we can get through to those that are ignorant is to not stoop to their level but be a better person than them.
I teach my children that people come in all diff shapes, sizes, colors, religion, etc and that you should never ever dislike a person for their outter appearance but if you don't like them it's cause it's how they treat you and how they are as a person.