Becoming Asian American

Author: Sue C. | Category: Society | Date: 06-20-2022

What does it mean to be Asian American?  Why do many Americans of Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Thai, Cambodian, etc. ancestry feel more Asian-American?

Read this article, "How I Became An Asian American" in the New York Times and post your thoughts on the following:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/19/opinion/asian-american-chin.html

1.  Explain the author's main point(s) in your own words.  If you do not understand what the author is saying, feel free to post your questions.  It's ok to acknowledge that you do not understand something.  All of you should try to answer each other's questions and don't be shy about commenting on each other's posts.  

---Do you believe the author's main points are valid?

2.  Have you ever been made to feel; like a "perpetual foreigner?"  If so, please describe the experience.

 

 

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About: Sue C.

Hi All: Like most people in the Bay Area, I'm sheltering at home. I'm trying to use this opportunity to catch up on projects that are on my back burner and trying not to feel too anxious about the worst case scenarios that are circulating.

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Comment:
Shawn Li
1. The author argues that Asian Americans are united as a group because of the racial discrimination and vulnerability we share, citing Vincent Chin as a tragic source. The author explains how we are Asian American because we share the backlash of anti-Asian hate in America. We are then given ...Read more examples of this hate across the generations, starting with Japanese Auto imports putting Americans out of jobs in the 1970s and 80s, to now with anti-Asian hostility stirred up by Covid and China's economic dominance. America uses Asian Americans as scapegoats, first for putting Americans out of jobs in the 1980s and now for Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party. I believe the Author's words are valid because of her use of history to back up her claims and the examples of discrimination you see all the time, either on the news or in person. 2. I don't believe I've ever felt like a "perpetual foreigner," and if I have, I've forgotten by now. But, I do expect to feel like this sometime in the future as tensions with China grow or when America finds some other East Asian country to find fault with. Less
Katherine Geng
1. At first, the author begins by explaining the murder of Vincent Chin. Because of the take off of the Japanese autoworks industry, many Americans lost their jobs and Ebens blamed & murdered Chin because of it. The author explains that it was because of these hate crimes and discrimination that ...Read more the Asian American community was founded/became united. The author then connects the Chin murder to our present day anti-Asian hate crimes. Through racial slurs created by Trump to the heavy blame China received for COVID and even to the legislations that are being passed that make hate crimes easier, people are using Asian Americans has scapegoats for issues beyond our control. Finally, the author hopes that Chin will be a symbol of justice for all Asian Americans. I believe that the author's main points are valid as she uses examples from both history and our present-day world to portray the continuous injustice and discrimination towards Asian Americans. 2. Due to living in an Asian bubble for most of my life, I have never felt like a "perpetual foreigner". However, I do have an Asian American friend with a similar experience. She was born in India but lived most of her life in America, and she explains how she constantly felt like she was a foreigner in both places. In America, she was always being treated as "too Indian" with her cultural traditions and accent, while back in India, she was always treated for being "too American" with her mannerisms and habits. This led her to feel a loss of belonging as in both her heritages, she was viewed as a foreigner Less
Jazlynn Chuo
1. The author talks about violence against Asian Americans and connects it to the injustice of Vincent Chin's murder. The author says Mr. Chin symbolizes equity in a country of racism against Asian Americans. I think the author's main points are valid because they highlight the history ...Read more connected to today's issues. 2. I have not been treated like a "perpetual foreigner" before, but I expect discrimination to come in the real world. I hope I have educated myself enough to deal with acts of hate in the future Less
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