Angry Asian!
So I haven't posted in a long time. Here's my love for all of you. *smooch*
Happy Chinese New Year!! Hao Bao! Hao Bao! Ok so my Ping Ying isn't to great but, yeah give me the money.
This holiday, especially when I'm celebrating it without my family and stuff makes me a little uncomfortable. Because everyone else tries to get in on the celebration. But....
The bschool had this event for New Years where they had a dragon dance and free Chinese food. My teacher encouraged us to go and he did all of the following to do so 1) butchered the chinese language to wish us happy new year, even though he asked who could speak chinese in the class and 2) let us out early so that we could get in the free line.
I had to go up to the same room to heat my lunch and my wonderful section mates were all in line waiting for the great free chinese food. THE GREAT FREE AMERICANIZED CHINESE FOOD. And one guy was like come and join stephanie. You don't want to invite me when I'm angry. ANd I told him about hte americanization and how I wouldn't partake in it. He responded with something along the lines of, Stephanie you are a party pooper. I can't really remember what he said but honestly is that really important here? No! ;)
Yes, the truth comes out, Stephanie is a party pooper. And you know what? You would be one too if you had to see your culture ripped apart everyday and rearragned in the form that amuses everyone else. I see it tattooed on to the arms of people who have no idea what it means, I see it in the clothes that uses our "fabric patterns", I see it on Ambercrobmie shirts and all the look alikes. I see it everytime in a Chinese Resturant and don't you say it's how the owners try and make it who are chinese, but for the customers who expect to see gaudy red things all over the place, greasy fried food, msg, and FORTUNE COOKIES *See post below.
I see it every damn day when I look in the media and we have the geshia (which is Japanese incase you were confused), the submissive massage girl, and the wild supressed sex dragon. I see it when cartoons have slanty eyes and straw hats pointed hats on. I see it when Disney produced Mulan yet the army was wearing Japanese outfits. I see it when people see asians as thrifty, shy, and spys for other countries. I see it when people ask me questions about how we make our asian children so smart. I see it when people ask me why I take my shoes off when I enter a house. I see it when people tell me that people should be required to know english when they come to American. I see it when people are like, ohhhh China is the new emerging economy, we should learn chinese yet don't learn anything of the culture or customs. I see it when I don't want to. I see it when I hide. And I SEE it and it better damn well make me a party pooper!
So don't expect me to keep my opinion in, cause I've done it for way too long. And if it makes you uncomfortable when I bring it up, ask yourself why.
Happy Chinese New Year!! Hao Bao! Hao Bao! Ok so my Ping Ying isn't to great but, yeah give me the money.
This holiday, especially when I'm celebrating it without my family and stuff makes me a little uncomfortable. Because everyone else tries to get in on the celebration. But....
The bschool had this event for New Years where they had a dragon dance and free Chinese food. My teacher encouraged us to go and he did all of the following to do so 1) butchered the chinese language to wish us happy new year, even though he asked who could speak chinese in the class and 2) let us out early so that we could get in the free line.
I had to go up to the same room to heat my lunch and my wonderful section mates were all in line waiting for the great free chinese food. THE GREAT FREE AMERICANIZED CHINESE FOOD. And one guy was like come and join stephanie. You don't want to invite me when I'm angry. ANd I told him about hte americanization and how I wouldn't partake in it. He responded with something along the lines of, Stephanie you are a party pooper. I can't really remember what he said but honestly is that really important here? No! ;)
Yes, the truth comes out, Stephanie is a party pooper. And you know what? You would be one too if you had to see your culture ripped apart everyday and rearragned in the form that amuses everyone else. I see it tattooed on to the arms of people who have no idea what it means, I see it in the clothes that uses our "fabric patterns", I see it on Ambercrobmie shirts and all the look alikes. I see it everytime in a Chinese Resturant and don't you say it's how the owners try and make it who are chinese, but for the customers who expect to see gaudy red things all over the place, greasy fried food, msg, and FORTUNE COOKIES *See post below.
I see it every damn day when I look in the media and we have the geshia (which is Japanese incase you were confused), the submissive massage girl, and the wild supressed sex dragon. I see it when cartoons have slanty eyes and straw hats pointed hats on. I see it when Disney produced Mulan yet the army was wearing Japanese outfits. I see it when people see asians as thrifty, shy, and spys for other countries. I see it when people ask me questions about how we make our asian children so smart. I see it when people ask me why I take my shoes off when I enter a house. I see it when people tell me that people should be required to know english when they come to American. I see it when people are like, ohhhh China is the new emerging economy, we should learn chinese yet don't learn anything of the culture or customs. I see it when I don't want to. I see it when I hide. And I SEE it and it better damn well make me a party pooper!
So don't expect me to keep my opinion in, cause I've done it for way too long. And if it makes you uncomfortable when I bring it up, ask yourself why.
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i wasn't too happy with the cuisine either, but i guess for different reasons altogether; they tried to feed me a meat-filled veggie roll.
to their credit however, there was a fair amount of lettuce scattered all over the student lounge.
to their credit however, there was a fair amount of lettuce scattered all over the student lounge.
