tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638805337435466486.post9052362413212146754..comments2019-12-10T16:29:39.401-06:00Comments on la raison d'être: 2.5 generation ABC?Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07148953296656524813noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638805337435466486.post-16077205730661439802010-03-20T08:19:14.794-05:002010-03-20T08:19:14.794-05:00I've had to wrestle through a whole lot of ide...I've had to wrestle through a whole lot of identity issues too since the conference... and with Census 2010 coming up. I've been thinking about what it really means to be Taiwanese - who defines it, who gets the identity... it's a really complex matter and I'm not quite sure I have fully embraced my own family's history yet!<br /><br />I loved how at AASC, I got to meet people with really complex identities - Half Chinese (4th gen) Half Japanese (6th gen) who probably have the same questions (how to identify) and then probably also what to write on the census so that they are represented. I love that my chapter is starting to have half Filipino/Chinese, Korean/Chinese... what will this mean for Asian Am in general? I guess what the seminar is saying is true.. there is no single Asian American experience, but that is kinda of what makes us Asian American. I think we can still create "Asian American culture" too. <br /><br />As for definitions, you would be 2nd gen (at least sociologically) because your parents have emigrated from a different country. (i.e. many koreans immigrated first to South America and then to the U.S., but their children are still considered 2nd gen) I think you could call yourself Filipino Chinese too. The Chinese diaspora!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com