Week 1 - Yuzhe Zhang, A01

Week 1 

Yuzhe Zhang, A01

From the two readings provided by our professor Valverde, I felt it deeply that the Asian Americans are suffering more than I thought, especially those Asian American women. In the annotation of the article “The Time to Fight is Now”, there is one point that made me think deeply: “As both Asian and white, we have been seen by both sides as bridges and as potential traitors.” (Valverde, 2017). Before that, I had never been aware of the fact that Asian Americans are facing the threat from their mother countries. I also found a video on YouTube that discussing Asian American’s struggles—not fitting in America or Asia (Snarled, 2017). Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_OZ-cS7U3k

As far as I know, Chinese people has strong patriotic feelings (much stronger than any other countries). As a result, there’s a stereotype that Chinese people always look down upon those xenocentric people—those who love foreign culture and want to live abroad. Some may even receive unfair treatment from their family members. Once you settle down abroad, you are considered by your relatives as “foreigners”. I’m from China, and I’m the only one in my family live abroad. It’s my own experience that after I study abroad, my uncles and aunts no longer call my name or nickname. Instead, they call me “little foreigner”, with a touch of banter and insult. I’m not an Asian American, but I had already suffered from such treatment. If you want to become an Asian American, you must have a strong psychological quality to suffer the pressure from all around.

A question about the reading: Are their any job that is fair to all races?

References

Valverde K-L.C, (2017). Introduction to Fight the Tower. 367-419

Snarled, (2017). ASIAN AMERICAN STRUGGLES - Not Fitting In America or Asia. Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_OZ-cS7U3k