Last year, in my Honors U.S. History class, we learned about the Vietnam War. My teacher, (a white woman of course) explained that although the U.S. had a stronger army with better weapons, Vietnam had the territorial advantage with better tactics and had undying support from all its people. She had us go outside and play a game of tug o’ war to demonstrate this. I noticed she intentionally picked the athletes and other tall students to be on the “American side.” I, being on the Varsity Girl’s Lacrosse team was a big disappointed I was not chosen- just because of my size. I am 4'11. Instead, I was with the shorter and un-athletic classmates on the “Vietnamese side.” Quickly, I noticed that on my side, were a Nepali boy and a Chinese-Native American girl. They were around the same size as me. But we were also the only Asian students in the class, and were put on the Vietnamese team. After the activity, I told my teacher about my observation. She brushed it off with a “I didn’t realize this,” and “I really grouped you all by size.” I am not mad that I was put on the intended “loser” side, I am mad that my teacher did not realize that she was unintentionally choosing the Asian students to be on the Asian team. This woman, hired to teach students about the historical struggles and events of the American people of all colors and origins, was not aware of my and other students’ races, and has no intention to discuss it. Oh.