A Chinese American boy in middle school is asked by his peers, "Teach us how to say 'Hello' in Chinese!", despite him not knowing how to speak any language other than English. The assumption that he spoke Chinese is an example of what type of microaggression?

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Exoticization is the assumption that a person of a particular race or ethnicity is exotic or foreign, and therefore different from the majority culture. In this case, the assumption that the Chinese American boy spoke Chinese is an example of exoticization because it assumes that he is different from the majority culture (white American) simply because of his race.

A Chinese American Boy in Middle School Is Asked by His