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jina31582 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I think the reason why the Thai girl identified herself as "Thai-Chinese-American" is because among Asians, there is a hierarchy. Being Chinese, Japanese, or Korean is considered superior because of their impressive histories and civilizations, and their fairer skin color.
This is what I think is most probable explanation, but I cannot speak for the girl.
jina31582 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This video was well-made, but did little to impel me to change within myself or feel the need to help correct the misconception of what it is to be Asian-American.
I agree with Incognito1064; it's nonsensical to clump the whole Asian continent as one, singular group of people when there are at least 3 disparate racial/anthropological lineages in the Asian continent.
FFATM (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Me, too. I'd hate to live under the tyranny of filthy, corrupt, inbreeding muslims.
FFATM (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It's not "prejudice"; it's fact. Kazakhs are dirty muslims worshipping a pedophile prophet. Show me ONE western nation that has benefited from a large influx of muslims in the last century? Everywhere muslims go, they murder, rape and force their pedophile-prophet-worshipping on non-muslims. Stick you head in the sand and sing Kumbiya... you'll stop singing when the filthy vermin cut off your head like Daniel Pearl.
LethalNEKO (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i don't know i guess i do have an identity crisis. i consider myself more asian then white. i do tend to feel that everyone looks at me as white and nothing else. i guess i also tend hate how i look kind of wishing i looked more pinoy or some eastern asian. i lived in hawaii for 7 years so i felt like both a minority and a majority most of the time.
living in hawaii effected how i look at myself being raised around so many asians i tended to wish i looked more like them to fit in
y00tuber (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I was born and raised in Australia and my parents are from England. I refer to myself as Australian, but I'm Australian and British by law as I'm a citizen(with dual passports) of both countries.
I'm really surprised that one of the Thai-American girls identified them self as Thai-Chinese-American. Many people in Thailand who are decedents of Chinese people refer to themselves proudly as only Thai, not Thai-Chinese.
"Asian-American" is so broad, Asian cultures differ so much from each other.
zhesto (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
the one who is in green shirt he is shy for being filipino and he speak more japanese than filipino which means tagalog shameon you idiot - many filipino were born in america did not understand the similarity of filipino is asian if you say you are asian its not mean to say you are japanese chinese or korean and just bcoz philippines colonize spanish and american filipino is stiall asian and if asian country has Budha, Vishnu the philippines has Bathala but it erase when spanish were rule
flyinghakusai (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Not necessarily. I'm a Californian Asian-American and I've had my share of identity issues. Although I do agree with you that California is very diverse compared to most places, it's still part of America and you can still find the same issues in California as anywhere else.
kenichiito (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The term "Asian-American" seems so odd to me because there are so many different countries in Asia with very different cultures.
blackaquas (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
the rest of the world is glad YOU'RE in America.. |
