I must say you really forced me to pay attention to the original article. I will read it again because I didn’t detect any maliciousness, but I saw plenty of sentimentality.

I’m a naturalized citizen of the United States and grew up with a white father who had adopted me, and a Filipino mother who came from a poor background. I went to junior high, and high school in Missouri in the 1970's, so all my experiences with race relations are filtered through that reality.