Please help me avoid racefail.

[mythochromos]

I need to do some research on what life would be like for two characters:

#1 is a Japanese-American male who grew up in the Midwest (around Flint, MI) and relocates to Chicago shortly before the story in question starts. I'm concerned about what would be different for him, living in about the same environment as I do as a white female.

#2 is a Chinese female growing up in China, region/location to be determined. She is abandoned by her parents; probably they couldn't afford the baby or didn't want their only legally allowed child to be a girl. I'm concerned about what possibilities there are for her upbringing (remaining in China, not being adopted by an out-of-country family).

Please give me links, book recs, whatever I can read to get some realistic ideas!

Comments

[athousandsmiles]

I'm intrigued by your choice of Flint, Mi, as I grew up there. Being a white woman myself, I can't comment as to life for a Japanese-American though. The few exchange students or minorities in my school system (small suburb of Flint) were treated as novelties, IIRC. :-/