This is a really great piece. Parts funny and parts sweet and other parts really thoughtful and enlightening. It reads like a piece you could read to young kids if you're trying to explain the concept of casual racism to them.

When I was young, my city where I grew up was very white, but by the time I got to high school, it was more than 60 percent Asian. But at the same time, they were also a lot of Asian stereotypes spouted by people (even some of Asian descent themselves). It took a lot more years for me to realize how all of that was so wrong, even when nothing malicious was purposely meant.