Hmm, growing up in Seattle, I didn't really get any of this. I'm half-Thai (my parents were both immigrants) and we had a very Thai home, but I am also very American, culturally. I think it depends what part of the country you're in, from my experience. The Northwest is a pretty tolerant place for the most part, though it has it's bad spots.
The only racism I've really experienced was in Iceland, believe it or not... they're pretty damn xenophobic (not everyone, but a lot of the working class, and more males than females), especially because a lot of Thai women are believed to be mail-order brides. So they look at me as a half-breed (which I am, since I am half-Icelandic)
... that's actually where I am doing my anthropological fieldwork, among that immigrant population.
Of course, you know, my bf is Lebanese (born and raised there), and if we ever have kids... well, they're going to be global citizens, that's all I can say.
