Asian nephew, but wife’s not Asian?!
James K.,
Riverside, CA.
I’m a white male and my wife is half Mexican and half white, but her sister is half Thai because they have different fathers. Any time we get to have our nephew come visit, we try to do as much as possible with him like going to the aquarium or disneyland, or somewhere cool that he doesn’t have to opportunity to go with his mom. When we do go out in public, I constantly catch people staring at us like we “stole the kid” from someone. God forbid my wife and our nephew are actually related by blood. When people stare, I constantly have to fight back the urge to confront them and set them straight by asking, “What are you really thinking?” It’s frustrating but I hope there will come a day where others don’t jump to conclusions about our’s, or anyone’s, situation.
CBU HIS-311
Easily suspended, can destroy their lives.
Jill Shortreed
Maplewood, MN
My nephew is half Native American. He was kicked out of school for carrying a box cutter in his pocket that he used at work. There is a zero tolerance policy, so even though he had only a few months left before graduation, he wasn’t just suspended, he was kicked out. His life hasn’t been the same since.
I thought of my nephew when I heard that Trayvon Martin had been suspended from school. Why is it so easy to show them the door for mistakes that used to be part of learning? Would things have turned out differently if they had still been in school? I wonder…
