tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281668024156075763.post2033877408064863615..comments2023-08-12T09:59:47.027+02:00Comments on danger! bananas: Growing Up as an Asian German, Part OneNaekubihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346973297148315012noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281668024156075763.post-85108508389085424542017-07-22T21:39:43.732+02:002017-07-22T21:39:43.732+02:00As an American of Japanese ancestry growing up dur...As an American of Japanese ancestry growing up during the 60s and 70s, living in a predominantly white city, I can relate to your experiences and the resulting feelings. I felt uncomfortable with others like me, but as a teenager I realized that I needed to come to grips with it for the sake of my mental health.<br /><br />As a young adult I came to see that identity as a Japanese American or Asian American was not an individual attribute as many of the majority people assume it is. In that construction, it implicitly means that one's being is "exotic" or "unusual" or ugly for being outside the norm. Identity as a Japanese American and Asian American only has meaning in the context of one's community and in social/political terms. The most obvious conclusion, in my mind, is that the imperative is to find one's people and join them in the struggle for equality. It's the only way to become truly whole and human, in my opinion. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10805202602023071150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281668024156075763.post-29241434715501214532017-07-22T21:39:18.200+02:002017-07-22T21:39:18.200+02:00As an American of Japanese ancestry growing up dur...As an American of Japanese ancestry growing up during the 60s and 70s, living in a predominantly white city, I can relate to your experiences and the resulting feelings. I felt uncomfortable with others like me, but as a teenager I realized that I needed to come to grips with it for the sake of my mental health.<br /><br />As a young adult I came to see that identity as a Japanese American or Asian American was not an individual attribute as many of the majority people assume it is. In that construction, it implicitly means that one's being is "exotic" or "unusual" or ugly for being outside the norm. Identity as a Japanese American and Asian American only has meaning in the context of one's community and in social/political terms. The most obvious conclusion, in my mind, is that the imperative is to find one's people and join them in the struggle for equality. It's the only way to become truly whole and human, in my opinion. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10805202602023071150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281668024156075763.post-14185442842842456772014-04-08T13:38:05.822+02:002014-04-08T13:38:05.822+02:00Das mit der Sprache geht mir auch so. Da nutze ich...Das mit der Sprache geht mir auch so. Da nutze ich ja viele Wörter, die sonst kaum verwendet werden. Gott sei Dank mag ich es, mit Sprache zu spielen, weshalb mir das nicht als Belastung vorkommt.<br /><br />"The nationalistic view that you can only be German if your ancestors were German is still alive and kicking."<br /><br />Zumindest hätte ich hier eine kleine Korrektur: Nach meiner Erfahrung gilt man schon dann nicht als "wirklich" deutsch, wenn man schlicht nicht weiß ist. Egal, wie viele weiße Vorfahren man schon hatte.Ali Schwarzerhttp://trollbar.denoreply@blogger.com