Despite being 1/4 Chinese, my son doesn't look Asian at all.
I gave my 6 year old son a small bowl of rice for his dinner and he gobbled it up. I offered one to my 4 year old son, and he shook his head. He never wants to eat rice. He’s like that with other Asian food too – like dumplings, stir-fried vegetables, and Chinese noodles.
Me: You are not Chinese.
My 4 year old: Yes, I am! I am Chinese!
Me: No, a Chinese person would eat their rice.
My 4 year old: Okay, give me a little bit.
Me: See, tastes good right. (As he eats it). You know, you eat Mexican rice at Rubio’s (awesome Mexican restaurant in San Diego) all the time.
My 4 year old: Oh, I’m Mexican then.
This poor child is going to have an identity crisis. Since he doesn’t look Asian at all, he has a hard time convincing others. He told some Asian kids in his preschool that he was part Chinese and they didn’t believe him. They called him a liar. I told him to introduce me to them so they can see for themselves. But it looks like he’s renounced being Chinese for being Mexican instead.
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His taste buds will come around eventually surely. In the mean time tell him the noodles are Mexican spaghetti. lol
Bwahahaha! Hilarious! My son is half-filipino, but we don’t seem to have that problem with him and rice. Onions, on the otherhand, different story… Hmmm… There is no real point to this comment…
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