Generality:“Yellow”. 205
Anonymous | nationality: American | ethnicity: Vietnamese
“Yellow”.
when i think of yellow i just think of the literalcolor. i feel like using
"yellow" to describe asians wouldn't work well; mostsouth and
southeast asians wouldn't get called yellow.
personally i don't use yellow or any color to describemy race, if
someone asks i just say "i'm asian" or smth alongthose lines.
“Asian”.
if at least one of your parents are asian, you'reasian. if you were raised
under asian culture, you're asian. asia is a vv largeplace w/ many
diverse cultures and people so it's hard to find somethingthat can
bring all of us together considering we're so different,esp back home.
here in the us, we're more united by shared experiencesimo.
Ethnicity|part1.
vietnamese.
Ethnicity|part2.
i don't think that how i define my ethnicity has reallybeen influenced
by my society or where i live. i've lived in the usmy whole life so ofc
this is speaking from an asian-american perspective,but i say i'm
vietnamese because both my parents are, as well asbeing familiar w/
the language and culture.
i think my emotional response to being asked my ethnicityis quite
neutral in relation to racism, but sometimes it dependson who's
asking/the social context.
Differ from Asian stereotype(s).
i'm not really good at describing myself, but i'dsay i'm funny, not that
smart but not dumb either, not that athletic, somewhatlazy, and a little
patient. imo, asian stereotypes can be harmful toboth ourselves and
other communities of color. if we were to look atthe "model minority"
myth, or the stereotype that "all asians are smart/hardworking/etc",
then it's clear how harmful stereotyping can be, evenif they may seem
positive/neutral at first. for example, the "modelminority" stereotype
puts asians "above" other poc but still below whitepeople, because we
could be more "smart" or "hardworking". although itis true that many
asian cultures do foster a culture of "hard work willlead to success",
this does not mean that we are inherently smarterthan everyone else.
we may just be pushed more by our own culture andvalues. speaking
from my own experience, this specific stereotype makesasian children
(esp asian-american) feel that they need to "liveup" to this stereotype
when in reality that their race doesn't affect theirinherent intelligence.
and this myth is often used to further divide peopleof color by saying
"this one race is better than the others just inherently"when that
simply untrue. i've noticed that white racists liketo say "well asians are
mchaos
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