[Sunnylove]

As an adoptee myself I know what if feels like to not feel like you fit in with your family. The most important thing to realize is now that you are older, you can choose what culture you want to be a part of. You can research your culture and accept that as a part of who you are. I think you should do that. It was not right for your adoptive parents to try to erase that from your life as it is a very important part of who you are. They may not have realized how important it would be to you as you got older and how much it would affect you. As for being smart...well I don't think your race has anything to do with how smart you are. I am sure that while you are not good at math (neither am I) you are good at many other things.