05.14.08
What Happens to Asian American Identity When the ‘Home Country’ is Criticized?
“I think the times are different because people feel more comfortable with their own identities and make a distinction between being Asian and being Asian American, said a senior art history major and Chinese minor At UC Berkeley .
Asian Americans do sometimes think that if their home country is being disparaged, they ought to be disappointed being an Asian American. For instance, Ziwei Hu, he was born in California , but has Chinese parents and grew up in Mainland China. Until now, Hu teaches his daughters to love United States. There are also situations that they are into China like in a game, they are cheering for China even though they are residing in the United States.