Anonymous | nationality: Taiwanese/American | ethnicity:Taiwanese/Chinese
“Yellow”.
Whenever people talk about beauty standards, it'salways a bad thing.
"Yellow-faced" is used in a debilitating way, everyonewants cold-toned
white skin. Sometimes I feel weird because I likemy warmish skin just
fine.
“Asian”.
I feel like anyone who understands Asian culture andintegrates it into
their life can call themselves Asian, and those whoare a descendant of
Asian people are Asians unless they don't wish tobe, or don't feel
connected to Asian culture.
Ethnicity|part1.
American Asian (as opposed to Asian American).
To this day I still feel detatched from my ethnicity,as I'm often "not
Asian enough" but at the same time I'm not Americanenough. Living in
Taiwan doesn't help, I'm Taiwanese by name only, I'mless rooted to this
country and more rooted to Asia in general.
Ethnicity|part2.
I feel like I'm a mix of American and Asian culture,I haven't lived in
America for years but it's so deep seated in me thatI still consider
myself American after all these years.
I do think it's less influenced by people around youand more by how
you perceive things, it's kind of like picking upa piece of some that
feels right and holding on to it, making it yours.
Differ from Asian stereotype(s).
I feeling like I’m too much of a hodgepodge of personalitiesI stole to
be a stereotype. I share some traits with the academicstereotype, and I
don’t hate this’ll stereotype but it’s kind of a pressurefor me.
A theoretical space without racism.
I think cultural appropriation wouldn't be a thing.People can
appreciate things from different cultures, and utilizethem without
getting called out. I think I would like this, tobe able to sample so
much from others and make it "you".
Tell.
The truth is, I hate my connection to Asia. I couldn'tstand being Asian
in Asia, I left America to come here where the foodtastes weird and the
language doesn't make any sense and everything feelsout of place. I
still hate being Asian in Asia sometimes, but I'mproud to be Asian all
the same. I'm conflicted.
Correct.
If anyone asks for my name, I would tell them my givenname instead
of a westernized one.
To someone.
I want people to know that they are valid. They don'thave to take on a
different identity to fit in better, to let theirnames fit in the mouths of
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