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post #1 of 165 Thread Starter  I'm cross posting this in multi-
cultural families and adoption...  out for lunch with a single
25 year old male friend the other day, and he notices a
beautiful woman sitting behind us, and comments to my dh and I
that she was 'exotic'. I did my best to explain why that *might*
be considered offensive by some, but it all sort of came out
sounding like sour grapes from miss white bread USA. I tried to
explain white privilege but as soon as I got to the "I would
never be called exotic, no matter where I was in the world" I
knew I needed to stop talking!  anyway, please explain why this
word does or does not offend you, in this context, so I can pass
it along to my needing-to-be-enlightened friend. More
importantly, so I can "share" with my dh, who took his little
friend's side -- we're adopting transracially soon, and while