entry #1
“it never really occurred to me that being asian american meant something more than just a group of people i happened to identify myself with. i’ve always known that i was ethnically chinese but didn’t really think much of it until i started travelling and attending the uo. i think that being asian american in this society is super intense and something to be proud of. it is something that gets you noticed and it is also something that helps you to belong but at the same time, being asian american is also something that you fight for because as i’ve found out, not everyone understands. it has taken me a long time to get to this point of being content-when i was little, i didn’t understand why kids would make squinty eyes or make fun of me for eating fish but now i know-they immediately judged me because of the way i looked. for the longest time during elementary school i wanted to be white but now i don’t think i’d ever want to be. (i guess a part of me also went through that when i couldn’t find a place to belong during my freshman year at university.) i’d lose a part of who i am in the process. i think being asian american means that you find a way to be both american and asian by taking the best of both worlds and mashing them up to the way you see fit. i hope that one day i’ll find this perfect combination.”
-san jose, california
Tags: california, food, identity, stereotype
May 3rd, 2010 at 6:11 am
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