to this is not ok (racism related)?

[Warriorqueen69]

Name changed. I'll keep it brief and this is really more a WWYD than an AIBU, but I guess they overlap. DH is American. We live in the UK. Our two DCs have always grown up understanding that they are both British and American. We keep reasonably good links with our huge family over there, celebrate American holidays and they pick up American vocabulary and phrases from their father. All in all, both DCs consider themselves to be both. They have dual nationality, so this is the reality of the situation.

Throughout primary school, my older DD has had occasional anti-American remarks made to her by some of the other kids (e.g "I hate Americans" or "Americans are stupid"), but school never seem to do anything about it when I bring it up. Now, a boy in her class has taken to regularly mocking her, putting on a fake American accent, and saying, "Hi, my name's XXX. I'm American and I'm stupid and dumb." Again, her teacher has told her to just ignore it, but both she and my DH are pretty annoyed, as am I.

Why do some people think it's ok to make racist remarks against Americans? I don't think it's ok, not one tiny bit. But I'm not sure whether it's worth taking things further with the school by speaking to the headteacher. WWYD please?

Oh, FFS Almond, no. Of course I don't. I have repeatedly given many examples about other situations that demonstrate that I don't think that sort of thing. The scots people referred to in the OED example, whoever they may be, who seem to self define, as heaven knows they are allowed to do, as a 'bloodthirsty race ' in days gone by.

And where on EARTH have I seemed to want to slot people into boxes?

You are seriously pedantic and seem to pursue me when other people are saying the same things. Count the number of posts at the beginning of this thread where people, before me, said 'it's not racism'. And note that my first post was to offer advice, based on my own experience of supporting children experiencing racism, bullying, discrimination, and not to argue with other posters.

You seem very well informed on lots of things, it has been valuable listening to you. But I am sick of it now.

My only and sole concern is that discrimination is challenged and stopped wherever it occurs. We all seem to have different idea around the way language is used in that battle. LOTS of people have questioned the 'national / race' issue.

"That there are no people within those National borders whose ethnicity is Scottish by nationality and Asian by descent, for example? You seem to really struggle if you can't slot people into little race boxes."

Really, what a conclusion to draw from what I said. When I had said in the ajoining post "Many nations have more than one ethnic group within their borders, many ethnic groups spread beyond national borders."

Out of order.