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It's Not Easy Being Green. It's Not Easy Being Yellow Either.
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D commented on Vannie's blog post 'The "Passive" Stereotype'
This notion of 'nationality' stems from understanding the matter of self-identity and social structure I think... Take current events iinto perspective. With rising 'super-powers', like China and India. What model are we setting? Are we building ...
November 6
D commented on Vannie's blog post 'East Coast vs. West Coast Asian-Americans'
I also grew up as the minorities in a large population of Canadian people. When I entered post-secondary school, Asians from all walks of life (FOB and Canadianized) became apparent. I found my niche with a certain group of Asians.
November 5
D commented on Vannie's blog post 'I May Be Short, But Nothing Short of Perspective.'
Asian people are known stereotypically to be short and younger. This equals: 1. Cute, 2. Childish, 3. Incompetent in most western-style thinking. It all depends on the social context. Western peoples think of beauty and intelligence as more mature...
November 5
D replied to Vannie's discussion 'It's Not Easy Being Green. It's Not Easy Being Yellow Either.'
Megan Fox and Angelina Jolie, etc... Great looking ladies from everyman's perspective. Why? The colour of white is naturally beautiful. Just look at a piece of white 'paper'. Probably a bad analogy but think if the paper was 'not' white. It's 'use...
November 5
D commented on Vannie's blog post 'The "Passive" Stereotype'
No political involvement because we Asians take advantage of the 'American' system (education, economy, creativity). We are learning. Learning from the 'developed' because we uhmm 'lack' this at the moment... We are so eager to 'help' and get invo...
November 5
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It's Not Easy Being Green. It's Not Easy Being Yellow Either.
Ever wonder why you see those Asian grannies on the street holding umbrellas in the summer? Well, for Asians, umbrellas don't just block rain, but sun too! How did being light or fair skinned ever evolve to becoming the standard of beauty? Unlike...
October 16
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September 21
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Bowing is part of our culture- it's a sign language for politeness, deference, and respect. A week ago, I had witnessed a store owner wrongfully accusing a mother's toddlers of vandalizing property before the mall security officer. I was ready to...
September 20

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At 2:16am on August 29, 2009, Mel said…
no prob, hope to read more
At 12:35pm on August 26, 2009, Mel said…
that short article you wrote was pretty cool :)

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The "Passive" Stereotype

Bowing is part of our culture- it's a sign language for politeness, deference, and respect.

A week ago, I had witnessed a store owner wrongfully accusing a mother's toddlers of vandalizing property before the mall security officer. I was ready to offer myself to testify as a witness in case someone moved forward with charges, but my parents chided me for being "nosy"- since it wasn't my business to be involved.

Every time I think about this, I'm reminded why the American public shies away from… Continue

Posted on September 20, 2009 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

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I May Be Short, But Nothing Short of Perspective.

I had never been self-conscious of height until I stopped growing in 5th grade (I blame it on the coffee machine left out at the parent-teacher conference because after that first sip, my growth was forever stunted.). Standing at 5 feet at the age of 10, I hated being shoved at the back of each class picture.

At this point, I should mention that I attended an all-Asian school. Context shifted, right? It's no surprise that we've been conditioned to "down-size" anything with the word "Asian", jus… Continue

Posted on August 19, 2009 at 7:33am — 1 Comment

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Pouring Tea for Others: "R.E.S.P.E.C.T (Find out what it means to me.)"

We're tea fanatics. Since the beginning of Chinese culture, the presence of tea has been in our lives- you see it served in restaurants before every meal, regardless of the time of day you're eating. Heck, I bet when the Chinese heard about the dumping of tea into the Boston Harbor, they were more than traumatized (come on, those Americans shouldn't have wasted anything in the first place..).

Unlike the Brits, to us tea possesses more of a stigma- not to just class behavior, but to age as well.… Continue

Posted on July 24, 2009 at 10:14am —

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East Coast vs. West Coast Asian-Americans

A couple of years ago back in high school, I attended a diversity conference NAIS/SDLC (National Association of Independent Schools/Student Diversity Leadership Conference) in Miami. The purpose of the 3-4 day conference was to reinforce our racial identities through participating in “privilege” activities and brainstorming ways on how to improve diversity at our schools. 4 of us represented our upper-class white school- but by some strange stroke of chance, we came to evenly distribute each rac… Continue

Posted on June 23, 2009 at 8:06pm — 3 Comments

 
 

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