Comments on: Asian American Identity – Unraveling Asia America

By: Woodenbricks123

Woodenbricks123 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:35 +0000

I love how we say, …
I love how we say, “white washed” as if Caucasians are the only Americans. We tend to forget that they came from Europe-Germany, France, Belgium, Portugal, UK, etc. And yet, we don’t say to those immigrants that they are white-washed.

By: Brashne01

Brashne01 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:34 +0000

Pretty serious.
Pretty serious.

By: Woodenbricks123

Woodenbricks123 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:34 +0000

And who really is …
And who really is alienating Asian-Americans? Them, or us? If you take away all our stereotypes, all our prejudices, they wouldn’t seem to different and they wouldn’t be alienated as a group. But instead, we have all these nasty things to say about individuals we don’t even know, judging them by their race. So henceforth, we alienate them. But it seems like they are doing it because it’s hard to reflect upon ourselves, much easier to place blame.

By: Woodenbricks123

Woodenbricks123 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:34 +0000

Now to whomever …
Now to whomever told me I was being filled with propaganda-nope, that’s you, my friend. You’ve forgotten, as many of us have, that Americans aren’t only Caucasians. We shouldn’t even call them Caucasians-they are European-Americans-they come from Europe just like Asians come from Asia. Are we supposed to panic if statistics say Caucasians are going to become a minority in the far ahead future? But we are because we’re ignorant to think that they are just as American as us. Get it right.

By: Woodenbricks123

Woodenbricks123 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:33 +0000

No? Because people …
No? Because people of other colors-white, black, tan (I don’t know the appropriate color to put on Hispanics so let’s go with tan)especially(& I’m talking in general)certain colors alienate them.They are socially suppressing them.We are at a time and in a country (well at least I am) where there are no federal policy race injustices but instead, we have it in our culture.We are suppressing Asian-Americans,alienating them.1 day they will break free like others but like others, it will take time.

By: azngothopz

azngothopz — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:33 +0000

because society …
because society views them as white?? while people of color cannot assimiliate completely because of our obvious differences

By: Brashne01

Brashne01 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:33 +0000

Yo man, you’re …
Yo man, you’re pretty intelligent compared to the other racists on youtube (including me). I say it’s a 70/30 on this one. From what I see 70% of Asian Americans just want to be part of the American culture. While 30% give them a harder time due to the fact that they want to maintain their roots. In my opinion, the old generation is somewhat keeping us new generations behind. Stereotypes that other people spew does NOT help either. Too bad it’s human nature to categorize.

By: truevoiceofsanity

truevoiceofsanity — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:32 +0000

What they seem to …
What they seem to embrace more from the asian heritage some fo the time is work ethic (not always), fashion, …, food (again, see comment about best of both worlds), and sometimes conservative personal values.

Another factor that is import is whether their parents are from abroad or not. I’ve had friends who basically stuck to the food and the study habbits. (Some stuck to neither.) Curses, everybody is different.

By: truevoiceofsanity

truevoiceofsanity — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:32 +0000

Well, that’s cause …
Well, that’s cause all those Euros, while having quite a variety of cultural identities are still “white”. ;D.

You do actually make a fair point, many aspects of the American culture ARE quite different from the European one; e.g., enterpreneurship. (You can even compare US to Canada there) and outspokenness..

Oddly, most asian americans/canadians embrace the open expression of the American culture …

By: truevoiceofsanity

truevoiceofsanity — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:32 +0000

Based on Asian …
Based on Asian Canadians I’ve seen?

100% have a bit of a hybrid between the two cultures ,,,

As far as I can see, they do what any intelligent person would do faced with such a choice, they take the best of both as they see it,