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| Category: | Cultures and Community |
| Created: | Oct 16, 2006 |
| Type: | Public |
| Members: | 68 |
| Owner: | Ronny Man |
| Language: | English |
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Why are we a banana? Answer is simple: "You're yellow outside, but white inside" ______________________________________________________________________ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: An American-born Chinese or "ABC" is a person born in the United States of Chinese ethnic descent, a category of Chinese American. Many, but not all, are second-generation born (parents who are naturalized U.S. citizens are considered first-generation by most scholars). Because their parents often came from academic or professional backgrounds, ABCs as a group tend to be better educated (with at least an undergraduate college degree) than the general population. As a result, they are stereotyped within the U.S. as a bookish model minority, with considerable talents in math and science. However, this stereotype overlooks the blue-collar ABCs, as well as the older communities of Chinese Americans that came before the Chinese Exclusion Act was instated. Demographic studies suggested that much of the ABC community are well assimilated in the US, their level of education fitting more in line with the general U.S. population. ABCs were found to assimilate as rapidly into the American culture as other previous generation immigrants, such as the Irish and the Italians. They also were less likely to know Chinese. In some first-generation households, ABCs may be able to speak the Chinese dialect of their parents, but may not know how to read or write Chinese. The majority of American-born Chinese children, however, are fully fluent English speakers. Today, many young ABCs rarely speak any Mandarin Chinese or other Chinese dialects. Usually, only the children of immigrants speak Chinese daily at home. Some parents have taken steps to ensure their children retain ties to their heritage, such as sending them to Chinese school. Traditionally, American-born Chinese have not been well-represented in mainstream media in the United States. Martial artist Bruce Lee. Lee broke some of the stereotypes by demonstrating that they can be tough and masculine; but in opening new doors, he created new stereotypes. This time, the stereotype was that all Chinese men know Kung Fu or other forms of martial arts. There are few American-born Chinese actresses of Asian descent who become famous for their work. Examples include Lucy Liu who starred in the "Charlie's Angels" and "Ally McBeal". The first American movie with an all-Asian main cast was "Better Luck Tomorrow", produced by MTV Movies. American Born Chinese is the first graphic novel ever nominated for the National Book Award. Despite its name, the book discusses many issues of identity and stereotypes that all Asian Americans face. Many American-born Chinese have settled in Asia to pursue careers or education. Locals often stereotype them as being rich and arrogant, and having a poor command of Chinese, an image which is reinforced by their portrayal in serial television dramas; however, many have contributed significantly to the development of the entertainment industry as musicians, actors, or VJs. A non-exhaustive list includes: Lee-Hom Wang, Wilber Pan, Daniel Wu, Vanness Wu, Justin Lo, Jook-sing (Traditional Chinese: Cantonese Yale: Jūk sìng) is a Cantonese term used to describe an Overseas Chinese person who has grown up in a Western environment. According to the pejorative meaning of the word, people labelled as "jook-sing" usually consider China as the mere cause of their appearance and an abstraction possessed by their parents or ancestors. They may know slightly more about traditional Chinese culture, especially the customs, than many non-Chinese, but they still consider themselves to be more Western. Oftentimes, the denial of Chinese-ness is evident in a common childhood fantasy to be born white (or have white parents or siblings) to avoid teasing and name-calling of other non-Chinese children in neighbourhoods and schools. However, with growth towards adulthood, this is usually reconciled with the beginning of an acceptance and embrace of their heritage. "Banana kids" (Heong1 ziu1 zay2) is another term used in a similar way to Jook-Sing. "Twinkie" is based on the Hostess snack cake of the same name, which is yellow with a white filling. "Beef patty" is a phrase describing the yellow pastry with a ground beef (i.e. black) filling. "Egg" is a rarely used term, occasionally pejorative, for the opposite situation: A white who has acquired Asian culture. "FOB" is a pejorative term for "Fresh off the boat" or "fresh off the Boeing" typically as a joke among the younger generation used to describe recent immigrants. Typically, the recent immigrant doesn't understand the term "FOB" (as they are not fluent in English) and thus don't know when they are being insulted.
To ABC, SBC, w/e
chinese who is born abroad..
"I'm not born in China,
but origin I am Chinese,
But are called Banana"
Join here!
chinese who is born abroad..
"I'm not born in China,
but origin I am Chinese,
But are called Banana"
Join here!
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