School cast my daughter in a play specifically because of her race. Need Advice!!

So, I am white and my husband is full blooded Navajo. We have one daughter who is 8 years old and she's (obviously) half white and half Navajo.About a week ago my daughter came home from school very excited. She told me that her school was holding a play and that she had been cast in one of the bigger roles. I was happy for her at first, but then she told me that this was a Thanksgiving play. This is where I began to get suspicious.I asked her what exactly the role was and she told me she was going to be an "Indian Chief" and that she was the only "Indian" in the play so it was supposed to be super special. She told me that she didn't even have to try out or ask for the role, although her teacher asked her if she was okay with it.I immediately went down to the school to talk with her teacher. When I got there, she seemed almost annoyed and told me that she had never had issues doing this play before. I calmly reminded her that that was probably because she had never had a Native American child in her class before (we live in an area where most people are white) and so no one there would be hurt by it.She told me that I shouldn't be offended for my daughter because I'm not Native American myself and implied that I was actually being racist by denying my daughter the opportunity to teach people about her 'culture' (the play has almost nothing to do with actual Native American culture). She then admitted that the reason she chose my daughter is because she is half Navajo and that it would keep "PC" parents from complaining about the costumes and headdress.Needless to say, I left still feeling really angry. I talked to my husband about it and he said that while he didn't agree with the teacher, if our daughter wants to be in the play then it wasn't the end of the world. I want my daughter to be happy, but I feel like if she were in the play it would single her out when she's already quite different.I'm not sure what to do, do I let my daughter be in the play???TL;DR: Daughter is half Navajo. Teacher cast her to play the only "Indian" in the Thanksgiving school play because of it. Implied I was racist for not letting my daughter spread her "culture". Not sure if I should let my daughter be in the play even though she's been so happy about it. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2zCJ4d8