Racist Father

After opening night of the show that I am working on we all went out to dinner. The playwright had a few friends from out of town that came out with us. I was "lucky" enough to sit next to one couple. I don't remember their names but I was sitting closer to the husband than to the wife. He and I were having pleasant small talk. he was talking about him being in NYC after a long absence and seeing the sights...those sorts of things. I was only really half listening to him until he said, "We brought our Chinese daughter with us because she has never been to NY before." that had my full attention. I asked him if he had another child as well as to differentiate between two of them. He told me that they had "their daughter" and then "their Chinese daughter". i couldn't believe the words coming out of his mouth! Was he trying to impress me letting me know that he has adopted? Is going to introduce her like that all her life? At her wedding at the toast? "We are so glad that we could adopt this Chinese daughter, and we love her almost as much as our birth child" All i can say is I hope he grows out of this phase because if doesn't accept her as his own, that child is going to have a lot of issues!