Ironically, you will probably do better in school if you take 1-2 days off to rest, instead of wasting 3-4 days going in and getting nothing out of it because you're unable to focus. But who cares, right?
This is what I also realized with work. It’s better to rest and recover in 2-3 days, then struggle for 4-5 or more (even from home office). Luckily, at my workplace in Germany, you can take 2 days of sick leave without any doctor’s note.
My parents were not Asian and still made me go to school while sick. I'd vomit by 10am and get scolded for making them take off work because the nurse called. I'd have a 102 degree fever and go to school. Race has nothing to do with it.