Coming from an asian that's grown up in a predominant caucasian society...

I have felt judgement and criticism all my life, and I still do and I have done some acceptance and growing of my own. Long story, but I had to join this forum when I saw this post. I hope there is something in this post that may leave you feeling a lot better about yourself.

What we have to remember, is that our parents' generations have been one of the first to actually integrate and come together on such a scale, following a long period of segregation (pre-WW2), and civil liberty and equality was a greater issue then whilst our parents were growing up...more or less. Not just skin colour, but class and so on.

I honestly believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do, in terms of social development. They wouldn't have had anybody to inspire them to integrate into other communities. It doesn't mean that they are less capable of loving their fellow man. The fact that you are self-reflecting, and like to question your beliefs, suggests that you never actually learned racism or took it on, and conversely, it seems like you respect their wishes for you to be safe. I think it's the human condition that generations never fully agree with their parents, and generations think differently.

Speak to a lot of younger teenagers these days, and issues of race, creed, religion, sexuality, are inconsequential. They tend to (at least in my experience) take human equality as a granted.

For me, your post is inspirational because by yourself, you questioned these values and belief systems when you probably have no reason to. It's so important for all of us to do this, only then can we evolve as a society.