Kids are curious and often cruel, we know this. If you had a child of mixed ethnicity, a non-anglo looking child, would you counsel them in ways to answer questions others have about, "what are you- where are you from?"?

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My mom had me say, “I’m human. What are you?” when I was too little to think of my own answer.

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