What are some things about the culture you came from that you want to hold onto? Definitely the food :P And the language. And how no matter how shitty your family is, they're still family. That's one value that I find lacking in western countries. Not to mention our tradional costumes (HanFu and QiPao) are hotter than hell
What do you find attractive about life in the US? Being free of ties that bind of the family and my conservative culture. I can't go braless where I am (not that I want to be, but the ABILITY to be is important to me), and the welfare definitely :P
If you feel any frictions in trying to bridge two cultures, how would you describe them? Basically out mindsets are completely different, so its a lot harder to communicate. This is common in the older generation, but still, I found myself to be restricted to the same stuff sometimes. Okay, to give you an example, I was gift wrapping my mum's birthday present the other day at the store. The girl wrapped it very nicely and asked "is this okay?" And I nodded. I thought it was lovely, but I didn't have the natural urge to say it out. I have no idea why. After a pause, I said "its very nice". And she nodded (again, she's probably suffering from the same kind of mentality of not opening up), then after a pause, smiled and said thank you. Well, that's my lame attempt at an example :P
Name two or three things you would like others to know about your native culture. We're not stupid, close-minded individuals who are stingy and have our noses in books everyday. Chinese women aren't whores, we aren't all materialistic bitches who want an A-type jock husband. Oh, and we're definitely not meek and submissive.
What do you wish people here would be sensitive to or inquisitive about? Of people as an individual. I'm sick of people saying something insensitive about me race (I live in Malaysia, its multi-racial, and believe me, we have our moments), and then look at me and say "oh, but I don't mean you babe". *rolls eyes* then who do you mean exactly?
What have you learned about multicultural life that you would like to share with others? that tolerance IS possible. And racism will always be there, the thing is to just accept it and ride with it. Because you can't please everybody and you can't change everybody's opinion. As much as I said that I hate people stereotyping my race and then saying that they don't mean it as an offense to me and that I am different, I actually look at that distinction with pride, because people who know me know that I'm not like that, and that's the only thing I can do, prove with my actions that I'm not that stereotypical chinese girl. The best thing to do about racial slurs is to just look that person in the eye and move on.
Definitely the food :P And the language. And how no matter how shitty your family is, they're still family. That's one value that I find lacking in western countries. Not to mention our tradional costumes (HanFu and QiPao) are hotter than hell
What do you find attractive about life in the US?
Being free of ties that bind of the family and my conservative culture. I can't go braless where I am (not that I want to be, but the ABILITY to be is important to me), and the welfare definitely :P
If you feel any frictions in trying to bridge two cultures, how would you describe them?
Basically out mindsets are completely different, so its a lot harder to communicate. This is common in the older generation, but still, I found myself to be restricted to the same stuff sometimes. Okay, to give you an example, I was gift wrapping my mum's birthday present the other day at the store. The girl wrapped it very nicely and asked "is this okay?" And I nodded. I thought it was lovely, but I didn't have the natural urge to say it out. I have no idea why. After a pause, I said "its very nice". And she nodded (again, she's probably suffering from the same kind of mentality of not opening up), then after a pause, smiled and said thank you. Well, that's my lame attempt at an example :P
Name two or three things you would like others to know about your native culture.
We're not stupid, close-minded individuals who are stingy and have our noses in books everyday. Chinese women aren't whores, we aren't all materialistic bitches who want an A-type jock husband. Oh, and we're definitely not meek and submissive.
What do you wish people here would be sensitive to or inquisitive about?
Of people as an individual. I'm sick of people saying something insensitive about me race (I live in Malaysia, its multi-racial, and believe me, we have our moments), and then look at me and say "oh, but I don't mean you babe". *rolls eyes* then who do you mean exactly?
What have you learned about multicultural life that you would like to share with others?
that tolerance IS possible. And racism will always be there, the thing is to just accept it and ride with it. Because you can't please everybody and you can't change everybody's opinion. As much as I said that I hate people stereotyping my race and then saying that they don't mean it as an offense to me and that I am different, I actually look at that distinction with pride, because people who know me know that I'm not like that, and that's the only thing I can do, prove with my actions that I'm not that stereotypical chinese girl. The best thing to do about racial slurs is to just look that person in the eye and move on.
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