| FattyDingDong said: I've been wanting to make this thread for months but wasn't sure if it was a good idea or not. I hate to generalize the whole asian race but I've noticed that here in America there are so many new generation Asians who try to hide their identity. I think that's quite pathetic. It irritates me so much when i see an Asian female who dyes her hair blond and talk with a forced American accent. Many Asians even do plastic surgery to look less Asian. I am not saying all Asians are like this, but there are a many of them who do this. I also noticed that Asians who are born in this country tend to adopt American names? my question is why... why cant they stick to their own. Some of them claim that the reason behind this is that most people think ASIAN names are "weird". So freaking what? America was built with weird names, that's what makes this country so great, we have so many different cultures. I love Asians that are proud of their race and culture, and i wish all Asians were like that. I for example love Chinese people and their delicious food, but i just hate it when some of them try to avoid their culture and identity. Please dont be offended if you're Asian, because i am not trying to hate on Asians, i just want everyone to respect their culture and race. |
Well I think it's a legitimate question. But it would be better if the asians you're talking about are living in Asia actualy.
I will take me for example since some people ask me the same questions from time to time. I live in Montreal and my native language is french since I've lived in Quebec all my life, I grew up being the only black guy in elementary school, I was on the country side, I grew up watching tv with only white people and sometimes there was a black guy dying at the beginning of the movie or at the end after sacrificing himself so the white couple can live. Every books I read was about white culture, even the music was mostly white. It's not like I choosed to grew up here.
Then came the time to leave the country side and start a professional life in the big city where it's more culturaly diversified. Black people, mostly haitians, kept telling me to stop pretending being a quebecer. White people to tell me I'm trying to hide that I'm a haitian.
WTF people!!! That's how I grew up, I have nothing in common with haitians except for the skin color. Humans don't have different accents because of their origins. It's because they used to talk another language before. If I grew up in Russia I would have a russian accent when I talk it has nothing to do with the color of my skin.
The asians you're talking about if they were born and raised in America, tell me why would they live with their respective origins traits if all they knew was American culture? I understand why you ask this but when you think about it it's a ridiculous question. If the world spoke english, every culture would speak the same english no matter their skin color, if they have asian traits or whatever...
I hope I cleared a bit of your confusion, now stop thinking asians from America try to hide their asian culture... in fact they have to learn the asian culture because their culture is american.
