Californian Asians have attempted to draw me out before. When I evinced no interest in their exclusionary activities and showed no sympathy towards their cliqueish mentality, I was accused of being whitewashed. I finally realized that my feeling of distate stemmed from the simple fact that I was not like them at all. We did not share a similar ( Read more... )

TV is a beautiful invention. I've learned so much from watching TV. I watch science shows, forensics shows, surgery shows, shows about nature, shows about biology and psychology and law. Discovery Channel, Discovery Channel: Health, The Learning Channel, Animal Planet - they are my bread and butter ( Read more... )

A friend was telling me a story about how his Southern Californian Asian cousin moved to Pittsburgh and hated it. His given reason was "East Coast Asians are too whitewashed ( Read more... )