I hate when people discriminate against Asian and Asian American culture. Especially when it's ones culture one is discriminating. It is like burying ones culture. For example: I already know some people who don't even realize their own culture and beliefs and instead try to be someone else. There are people in my school who don't realize what type of nationality they are let alone speak it. Their native tongue is English rather than Mandarin or Cantonese. Is it really possible that if one lived in America their entire lives they were raised in a culture that is not the same as their parents, is it really possible to have your culture disappear just like that?
My brother born here like me raised in a home where Chinese culture flourishes, does not know how to speak Chinese let alone write it. I would think that Chinese parents would actually encourage Chinese culture in their household but I see some students in my high school who doesn't even care about their culture. They are making fun of the styles, the food, the holidays. It's the same thing with adults. In the past I used to have two Asian American teachers in elementary school. Both of them don't speak chinese and sometimes act more american than chinese. Look at today society Chinese restraunts aren't even chinese restraunts. Their more like americanized chinese restraunts.
Monday, April 2, 2007
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I know how you feel, and I agree with you for the most part. If someone grows up in America, it's understandable that their first language is English, but they should still speak Chinese with some fluency. Reading and writing Chinese aren't as important. However, Perry can't read or write any, and his Cantonese is so horrible that he wouldn't be able to survive half a day alone in Guangzhou or Hong Kong. -_-
I don't think that people should be all "AzN pRyDe! Got ryce?" (that actually annoys me), but Asian people should definitely remember where their ethnic roots are.
As for Chinese restaurants, of course they're not authentic. What they sell, and Chinese takeout too, are not what Chinese people actually eat at home. But non-Chinese people usually don't know that.
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