Thursday, June 21, 2007

How Asian is too Asian?

Let the bitching begin...
My cousin left me a message on my facebook telling me to quit being so Asian. How Asian is Asian? What are the actions that makes a person too Asian? Is it how a person ends their sentences? w/ the la, ba, wor...? Or perhaps the way a person dresses themselves? Or the way they speak? potentially with an accent? Or....the fact that they are drawn to Asian foods in non-Asian countries?
So, how Asian is too Asian?
I am extremely sensitive to this type of criticism due to my 2006 Christmas party, where...well, most of you know what happened there.
Overall, just total disrespect. It is a disrespect to the person they are criticizing, and it is a greater shame because they are, themselves, Asian.
Another thought, I am beginning to find it occuring more often in the US. We, the Asians, afterall, have to criticize whether we were raised in an Asian country or in an non-Asian country.
It's just within our nature.
I am no more Asian than you are.
The end.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What's wrong with being Asian? It's like I never understand why people would actually criticize other for being 很台. What does that even mean?

It's weird how people don't even respect their own heritage.