Re: "Whiteness" Re: Obseneties
| From: | SMITH,MARCUS ANTHONY <smithma@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 1, 2000, 23:27 |
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On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> <wry g> When most of the high school population falls into that
> category--semi-American culture, semi-Korean culture--it's convenient to
> have a quick identifier. Personally, I went through high school being a
> loner. If you say "Korean-American" it's often faster,
This is exactly the situation when most my friends call themselves
"Chinese" or "Korean" or whatever. I guess they figure everybody knows
the "American" part.
especially when
> people in the area know what you mean, than explaining your whole
> family/cultural situation. Most of the time people who ask aren't that
> interested in details. Frex, whenever someone asks me where I'm from,
> I'll usually say "Houston" or "Houston and South Korea" without going
> into the bloody details.
My friend Amy (nobody could pronounce Xingxing, so her father changed
her name) always claims "San Jose" but will sometimes add in Shanghai.
Odd, considering that she has spent more time in Shanghai than San Jose.
Marcus