Leading Bi-Cultural Lives | Asian American Poll

LEADING BI-CULTURAL LIVES
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:24:32 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Is it possible to embrace both American and Asian cultures and find social acceptance with both Americanized and non-Americanized groups of friends?
Yes | 77%
No | 23%

Which of the following factors is most important in facilitating a successful bi-cultural life?
Familitarity with both cultures | 32%
Family upbringing | 28%
Fluency in both languages | 16%
Security in one's identity | 24%

Which of the following factors most discourages bi-cultural lives for U.S.-raised Asian Americans?
Inability to speak Asian languages | 28%
Outmarriage to non-Asians | 14%
Fear of seeming too Asian | 30%
Concern for kids' image with peers | 28%

Which segment of the Asian American population currently has the greatest positive impact on American society?
American-Born | 56%
Foreign-born, American-educated | 44%

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to rare stuff

I'm inside active yellow, and outside, active yellow with large splotches of white which changes to deceiving shades of brown. I look like a goddamned cow!

Are you still in college? That would explain certain elements of consistencies that I find in your postings as well as clarify the reasons behind your odd contemplation of your stance amongst your peers and within your society as a whole.

Please forgive my ignorance. Who's Nietzsche and heyoka Sioux?
MLK Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 23:06:47 (PDT)

MLK,

I could cite Nietzsche on this occasion...I think it's somehow pragmatic like that because my temperament/mentality is into the direction "everything or nothing". Also of heyoka Sioux mentality. I'm a white-washed monster among Asians, a yellow monster among whites. At the moment it's a bit too uncomfortable: inside active/yellow, outside (relatively) passive/white.-But I don't wait for any revolution,just for something like good omen.

rare stuff Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 17:37:55 (PDT)

T.H. Lien,

indeed culture should be practiced in groups. I've heard that some Japanese in Japan prefer to have a lifestyle like my own: they claim to be president of a club, if you visit such a club you'll notice that the only member of the club is the guy himself and his living-room is the assembly room.
rare stuff Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 17:26:36 (PDT)

AC Dropout,

thanks to the European educational system I'll have to wait until I can study Asian culture for next 2 years at least. I'm trying out to learn Bahasa on my own at the moment. It's better than being depended on the white-washed media, makes me more relaxed when I'm going to have my next excursion into the white world around me again.
rare stuff Tuesday, July 02, 2002 at 17:21:49 (PDT)

to rare stuff

Hey, me too! I lock myself in my kitchen and make wonderful dishes made with tofu and bean sprouts and opo and prawns and oyster sauce and roast duck. And I try to do a little bit of chanting and meditation when I remember to--if I remember to turn off Jay Leno or something stupid on TV.

That's on days I don't have to entertain Non-Asian friends. Once in a while, when they come over, out comes the BBQ grill or the pasta maker, and then I gotta give them the American food. And of course, we don't chant or meditate. We eat and jive talk and crack stupid jokes.

Somehow, I just don't see you doing anything quite so...loud and spontaneous. You seem to be such an introspective person with a penchant for edurance of extreme painful (and dare I say, lonely?) experiences.

I can't even handle getting my yearly flu shots because I'm scared of getting poked by needles. I get the feeling you wouldn't have a problem with anything so mundane.
MLK Monday, July 01, 2002 at 22:48:49 (PDT)

culture is practised in groups. the bigger the better.
T.H. Lien Monday, July 01, 2002 at 19:09:33 (PDT)

rare stuff,

I really think you would gain a lot if you spend a semester in Asia studying. Locking yourself in your room is very unhealthy.
AC Dropout Monday, July 01, 2002 at 15:36:47 (PDT)

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