Amerie
Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (* 12. Januar 1978 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts) ist eine US-amerikanische R&B-Sängerin und Schauspielerin.
Biografie
Kindheit
Rogers kam im Januar 1978 als erste Tochter eines Afroamerikaners und einer Südkoreanerin zur Welt. Da ihr Vater Offizier in der amerikanischen Armee war, kamen sie und ihre jüngere Schwester Angela bereits im Kindesalter viel um die Welt. So wuchs sie unter anderem in Alaska, Texas und Südkorea auf; in jüngeren Jahren lebte sie sogar eine Zeit lang in Deutschland. Später bezog die Familie in Washington, D.C. einen festen Wohnsitz. Nach dem Highschool-Abschluss entschied Rogers sich zum Studium an der Georgetown University, wo sie 2000 ihren Bachelor in Englisch und Fine Arts erhielt.
Karriere
Amerie schaffte ihren großen Durchbruch im Jahr 2001 auf dem Song "Rule" zusammen mit Nas auf dessen Album Stillmatic. Danach machte Rogers als Chorusstimme auf den Alben von Ja Rule und Bow Wow auf sich aufmerksam. Zur gleichen Zeit in etwa lernte Amerie den Produzenten Rich Harrison kennen, welcher ihr im Folgejahr zu einem Plattenvertrag bei Sonys Sublabel Columbia Records verhalf. Erst 2002 erschien ihr Solodebüt All I Have. Das Album, für dessen Produktion sich allein Harrison verwantwortlich zeigte, wurde nicht zuletzt dank zweier erfolgreicher Radiohits, "Why Don't We Fall In Love" und "Talkin' To Me", ein Top 10-Hit. Bisher verkaufte die Platte allein in den USA mehr als 600.000 Einheiten.
Im Anschluss veröffentlichte Amerie mit dem Diana Ross-Cover "I'm Coming Out" den Soundtrack zur Filmkomödie Manhattan Love Story. Des Weiteren war sie sowohl mit LL Cool J und ihrem Duett "Paradise" als auch mit der DJ Kay Slay-Produktion "Too Much For Me" zwei weitere Male erfolgreich in den Charts vertreten. Anfang 2003 lehnte sie einen Moderationsjob auf dem Musikkanal BET ab, um eine Nebenrolle in der Romantikkomödie First Daughter (mit Katie Holmes und Michael Keaton) anzunehmen.
Im März 2005 steuerte Rogers mit der Single "One Thing" den Soundtrack zum Kinoerfolg Hitch – Der Date Doktor bei. Die Rich Harrison-Produktion wurde zu einem weltweiten Top 10-Hit und verhalf der Sängerin auch auf internationalem Terrain zum endgültigen Durchbruch; letztlich wurde der Song sogar mit mehreren Billboard und Soul Train Awards ausgezeichnet und auch mit einer Nominierung für den Grammy als "Bester R&B Song" bedacht. Während die nachfolgenden Solosingles nicht an den Erfolg anschließenden konnten, kehrte Amerie Ende 2005 mit Hilfe von Ricky Martin, Fat Joe und der Single "I Don't Care" noch einmal in die oberen Chartränge zurück.
Momentan beendet Amerie die Aufnahmen zu ihrem dritten Album Because I Love It, dessen Veröffentlichung für Frühjahr 2007 geplant ist. Als Produzenten agierten bisweilen Bryan Michael Cox, Tim & Bob, The Buchanans, DJ Premier, Cameron Wallace und erneut Rich Harrison. Die erste Single-Auskopplung des neuen Albums, „Take Control“, wurde von Cee-Lo Green produziert.
Montag, 25. Juni 2007
Did you know that..
Chop suey
Traditional Chinese:
雜碎
Simplified Chinese:
杂碎
Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin:
zá suì
Cantonese
Jyutping:
zaap6 seoi3
Yale:
jaāhp seui
Literal meaning:
mixed pieces
Chop suey (Chinese 'mixed pieces') is a American-Chinese dish consisting of meats (often chicken, beef, shrimp or pork), cooked quickly with vegetables such as bean sprouts, cabbage, and celery and bound in a starch-thickened sauce. It is typically served with rice but can become the Chinese-American form of chow mein with the addition of deep-fried noodles.
Chop suey is part of American Chinese cuisine, Canadian Chinese cuisine, and, more recently, Indian Chinese cuisine.
Origin
There are various colorful stories about the origin of Chop Suey. It is alleged to have been invented by Chinese immigrant cooks working on the United States Transcontinental railway in the 19th century and has also been cited in New York City's Chinatown restaurants since the 1880s. Other sources say that a Chinese dignitary's cook, visiting the United States invented it.
Davidson (1999) characterizes these stories as "culinary mythology", citing Anderson (1988), who traces it to a dish of Taishan, the homeland of many Chinese immigrants.
Varieties
Chop Suey may be prepared in a variety of styles, such as chicken, beef, pork, king prawn, plain and special. Plain, or vegetable chop suey, is often one of the few traditional Chinese American take-out dishes offered without meat at many restaurants.
American Chop Suey
A completely different dish altogether, American Chop Suey is a pasta dish consisting of pasta noodles (macaroni, ziti, et cetera) mixed with a tomato-based sauce, ground beef, and often sauteed onion and peppers. While an Italian-American cuisine inspired dish, it is often seen on public school lunch menus under the name American Chop Suey. Other names for this dish are Chili-Macaroni, Chili-Mac, or simply Macaroni. American Chop Suey resembles a dish known as 'Johnny Marzetti', which was created in the 1920's by the brother of the owner of the Marzetti Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio.
Traditional Chinese:
雜碎
Simplified Chinese:
杂碎
Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin:
zá suì
Cantonese
Jyutping:
zaap6 seoi3
Yale:
jaāhp seui
Literal meaning:
mixed pieces
Chop suey (Chinese 'mixed pieces') is a American-Chinese dish consisting of meats (often chicken, beef, shrimp or pork), cooked quickly with vegetables such as bean sprouts, cabbage, and celery and bound in a starch-thickened sauce. It is typically served with rice but can become the Chinese-American form of chow mein with the addition of deep-fried noodles.
Chop suey is part of American Chinese cuisine, Canadian Chinese cuisine, and, more recently, Indian Chinese cuisine.
Origin
There are various colorful stories about the origin of Chop Suey. It is alleged to have been invented by Chinese immigrant cooks working on the United States Transcontinental railway in the 19th century and has also been cited in New York City's Chinatown restaurants since the 1880s. Other sources say that a Chinese dignitary's cook, visiting the United States invented it.
Davidson (1999) characterizes these stories as "culinary mythology", citing Anderson (1988), who traces it to a dish of Taishan, the homeland of many Chinese immigrants.
Varieties
Chop Suey may be prepared in a variety of styles, such as chicken, beef, pork, king prawn, plain and special. Plain, or vegetable chop suey, is often one of the few traditional Chinese American take-out dishes offered without meat at many restaurants.
American Chop Suey
A completely different dish altogether, American Chop Suey is a pasta dish consisting of pasta noodles (macaroni, ziti, et cetera) mixed with a tomato-based sauce, ground beef, and often sauteed onion and peppers. While an Italian-American cuisine inspired dish, it is often seen on public school lunch menus under the name American Chop Suey. Other names for this dish are Chili-Macaroni, Chili-Mac, or simply Macaroni. American Chop Suey resembles a dish known as 'Johnny Marzetti', which was created in the 1920's by the brother of the owner of the Marzetti Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio.
17 things I learned about Asian Americans
17 things I learned about Asian Americans
1.An Asian American is generally defined as a person of Asian ancestry who was born in or an immigrant to the US.
2.Stereotype:
- Belief about a group of people
- Picture in our head
- oversimplified opinion
3.Institutionalized Racism is racial discrimination by governments or companies through laws, rules, policies and regulation.
4.Racism: belief in superiority of our race.
5.They are 1.2 Millions Chinese Americans in the US. This is the biggest group of Asian American in the US.
6.Filipino were the only Asian group that could legally immigrate because they were American nationals.
7.1880: Anti-Miscegenation laws prohibited mixed marriage.
8.1882: Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited the entry of Chinese labours.
9.1913: Alien and Law prohibited all Asian immigrants from owning land or prosperity.
10.1924: Quota Act limited the annual number of immigrants.
11.1942: Japanese American Internment: After the bomb attack in Pearl Harbour in 1941, President Roosevelt signed the E.O. authorizing the removal and incarceration of over 110000 J.A.
12.The J.A.I was not justified because it has been proved that the government had their own evidence that J.A. posed no military threat.
13.Name of five I.C. Tule Lake, Minidoka, Manzanar, Topaz, Heart Mountain
14.The loyalty questionnaire was the application for leave clearance during the J.A.I. and it provoked the greatest upheaval within the camps.
15.No-No boy was someone who answered no-no to questions no.27 and 28 of the loyalty questionnaire during the J.A.I.
16.Vincent Chin was a Chinese American mistaken as a Japanese American and killed by two whites. But the manslaughters had only paid $ 3700 for it.
17.In 2002 many Filipino screeners were dismissed because of their religion and national origin.
1.An Asian American is generally defined as a person of Asian ancestry who was born in or an immigrant to the US.
2.Stereotype:
- Belief about a group of people
- Picture in our head
- oversimplified opinion
3.Institutionalized Racism is racial discrimination by governments or companies through laws, rules, policies and regulation.
4.Racism: belief in superiority of our race.
5.They are 1.2 Millions Chinese Americans in the US. This is the biggest group of Asian American in the US.
6.Filipino were the only Asian group that could legally immigrate because they were American nationals.
7.1880: Anti-Miscegenation laws prohibited mixed marriage.
8.1882: Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited the entry of Chinese labours.
9.1913: Alien and Law prohibited all Asian immigrants from owning land or prosperity.
10.1924: Quota Act limited the annual number of immigrants.
11.1942: Japanese American Internment: After the bomb attack in Pearl Harbour in 1941, President Roosevelt signed the E.O. authorizing the removal and incarceration of over 110000 J.A.
12.The J.A.I was not justified because it has been proved that the government had their own evidence that J.A. posed no military threat.
13.Name of five I.C. Tule Lake, Minidoka, Manzanar, Topaz, Heart Mountain
14.The loyalty questionnaire was the application for leave clearance during the J.A.I. and it provoked the greatest upheaval within the camps.
15.No-No boy was someone who answered no-no to questions no.27 and 28 of the loyalty questionnaire during the J.A.I.
16.Vincent Chin was a Chinese American mistaken as a Japanese American and killed by two whites. But the manslaughters had only paid $ 3700 for it.
17.In 2002 many Filipino screeners were dismissed because of their religion and national origin.
Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2007
American knees by Shawn Wong
Shawn Wong's "american knees" is a contemporary novel about a forty year-old, divorced,Chinese-American man named Raymond Ding. Throughout the novel Raymond must deal with his own prejudices and stereotypes of Asian-Americans, especially Asian-American women. He has to decide whether he loves Aurora Crane, the twenty-something Japanese/Irish-American
photographer, because she is half Japanese or because she is half white. It takes Raymond awhile to realize that these are inconsequential reasons. He loves Aurora, not her heritage.
In the midst of this romantic revelation, Raymond must also deal with co-workers, his pro-Asian
friends, Aurora's pushy best friend, and his widowed father (who decides that he wants a Chinese
picture bride). His ex-wife also stops by from time to time, just to remind Raymond and the reader
that he is no longer the "perfect Chinese son."
His whole world is turned upside down after his initial break-up with Aurora. Raymond starts to
date a Vietnamese co-worker with her own set of emotional baggage.
Betty, a refugee, left an abusive husband and a child behind when she moved to the Bay Area from
Texas. The scars left by her first marriage are deep and permanent. Raymond is afraid to hurt her,
feeling that she has suffered enough. It is during this relationship the we finally see Raymond grow
and rise as a person. The relationship with Betty forces Raymond to re-examine his life and what is truly important.
Shawn Wong does a beautiful job of blending high emotion with humor and simplicity. He doesn't focus on these characters as Asian-American, bitter against the white world for years of racism. Even though they do discuss race issues frequently, it is only of minimal importance to the story. The race is unimportant. The issues discussed are there only to reming us that these characters happen to be of Asian descent, but everything else in the story serves to remind us that they are human - no better, no worse. They are simply Americans.
The whole book is a search for identity. It is the identity that goes beyond race and other superficial factors. Raymond tries to find trues identity, as an individual. He finds the identity of the soul, where all these factors - race, community, family, career, relationships - come together and define who we are.
Unfortunately, the critics did not completely agree with me. I found two reviews of "american knees", one in Publisher's Weekly and the other in Entertainment Weekly.
Both critics agreed that the book was a humorous romantic comedy, but both failed to see it as anything more. They each mentioned that the dialogue advanced the plot but didn't say much for the characters speaking the lines.
Joseph Olshan of Entertainment Weekly had this to say: "Though Wong paints a careful portrait of his characters in their romantic plight, his novel is very short on narrative drive and, sadly, long on an anticlimatic series of conversational go-rounds..."
The critic in Publisher's Weekly also mentioned that the dialogue, "tends to advance the plot without adding much momentum or insight into the characters mouthing it... its [the story's] power is dissipated by the disembodied telephone debates over hyphenated identity."
Diary of a Nisei
Diary of a Nisei
Kyoko Yoroshima
January 3. 1943
Snow
I’m still trembling because of fear, terrible fear of everything that happened and things which are still awaiting me. My life fell down into hell, since police stood in front of our house and attempted to put all of us into a big truck- The only sentence I understood was: it’s for you own good. We were put into the truck and someone told me that we were driving to an assembly centre.
How should I describe our situation right now… maybe miserable? Oh well, our hair freezes and our fingers stick to metal door knobs, but we have to live in overcrowded single rooms in a barracks with terribly harsh living conditions: unsanitary and without privacy. I would never have imaged that I would live someday like that. Father can only sleep in a horse stall and he has to work in the camp office for 44 hours a week. I don’t have the heart to look at his tired face which has become so much older in a short time.
A letter of a Filipino citizen
A letter of a Filipino citizen
In fact, more than 80% of the security workers at these three Bay Area airports are ethnic minorities, including us- Filipino citizens. I have to make them clearly known how terrible the consequence could be. Of course I can understand the fear of the governments based on the terrorist attack on September 11th, as soon as I heard of the bad new, I did really feel sorry. Well, but it’s completely another case, because we have nothing to do with terrorism, we didn’t kidnap the airplanes to destroy the World Trade centres. How absurd and unreasonable their decisions are! Don’t attempt to hide the truth that we are the victims of the institutionalized racism and prevent as if they are contributing to the national Aviation and Transportation Security.
Sonntag, 20. Mai 2007
Intressting points about the videos...
1) Even all the Japanese Americans were shocking as soon as they heard of the bombattack in the pearl habour and also felt sorry about it.
2) Children in the interments were even allowed to habe education, for example they went to school, made friends and so on. Just like a normal life.
3) The J.A. were made to go to strip and were sprayed with some kind of chemical powder like DDT.
4) It was all uncertain and hard for the J.A, most of them thought they would become farm labours or be shot.
2) Children in the interments were even allowed to habe education, for example they went to school, made friends and so on. Just like a normal life.
3) The J.A. were made to go to strip and were sprayed with some kind of chemical powder like DDT.
4) It was all uncertain and hard for the J.A, most of them thought they would become farm labours or be shot.
Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007
Photos of the JAI
Do you know Ansel Adams (1902-1984)?America's best-known photographer, in 1943 he documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and the Japanese Americans interned there during World War II.
In "Suffering under a Great Injustice": Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar, the Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress presents for the first time side-by-side digital scans of both Adams's 242 original negatives and his 209 photographic prints (with the print on the left and the negative on the right), allowing viewers to see his darkroom technique and in particular how he cropped his prints.
Adams's Manzanar work is a departure from his signature style of landscape photography. Although a majority of the photographs are portraits, the images also include views of daily life, agricultural scenes, and sports and leisure activities. When he offered the collection to the Library in 1965, Adams wrote, "The purpose of my work was to show how these people, suffering under a great injustice, and loss of property, businesses and professions, had overcome the sense of defeat and dispair [sic] by building for themselves a vital community in an arid (but magnificent) environment…All in all, I think this Manzanar Collection is an important historical document, and I trust it can be put to good use."
Donnerstag, 3. Mai 2007
Cho Seung-Hui ---- Virginia Tech Killer
BLACKSBURG,
Va.- Long before he killed 32 people
in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, Seung-Hui Cho was bullied by fellow high
school students who mocked his shyness
and the strange way he talked, former classmates said.
Cho, 23, a senior English major at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
in Blacksburg, killed 32 people in two attacks before taking his own life Monday. He sent a large multi-media package outlining his grievances against religion and the wealthy to NBC News, but police said Thursday that the material added little to their investigation.
The text, photographs and video in the package bristle with hatred toward unspecified people whom Cho, a South Korean immigrant, accused of having wronged him, adding to a portrait of a solitary man who rarely, if ever, managed normal social interactions.
Chris Davids, a Virginia Tech student who graduated with Cho from Westfield High School in Chantilly, Va., in 2003, recalled that Cho almost never opened his mouth and would ignore attempts to strike up a conversation.
Once, in an English class, the teacher had the students read aloud and, when it was Cho’s turn, he just looked down in silence, Davids recalled in an interview with The Associated Press.
Finally, after the teacher threatened to give him a failing grade for participation, Cho started to read in a strange, deep voice that sounded “like he had something in his mouth,” Davids said.
“As soon as he started reading, the whole class started laughing and pointing and saying, ‘Go back to China,’” Davids said.
Finally, after the teacher threatened to give him a failing grade for participation, Cho started to read in a strange, deep voice that sounded “like he had something in his mouth,” Davids said.
“As soon as he started reading, the whole class started laughing and pointing and saying, ‘Go back to China,’” Davids said.
Among Cho’s victims were Reema Samaha and Erin Peterson, who both graduated from Westfield High School last year. Police said it was not clear whether Cho singled them out.
‘The question mark kid’Virginia Tech student Alison Heck said a suitemate of hers on campus found a mysterious question mark scrawled on the dry erase board on her door. The young woman went to the same high school as Cho, according to her Facebook page.
‘The question mark kid’Virginia Tech student Alison Heck said a suitemate of hers on campus found a mysterious question mark scrawled on the dry erase board on her door. The young woman went to the same high school as Cho, according to her Facebook page.
Cho once scrawled a question mark on the sign-in sheet on the first day of a literature class, and other students came to know him as “the question mark kid.”
“I don’t know if she knew that it was him for sure,” Heck said. “I do remember that that fall that she was being stalked and she had mentioned the question mark. And there was a question mark on her door.”
Heck added: “She just let us know about it just in case there was a strange person walking around our suite.”
The young woman could not immediately be located for comment, via e-mail or telephone.
The focus Thursday slowly began turning away from the multimedia package Cho sent to NBC News on Monday after Col. Steven Flaherty, superintendent of the Virginia State Police, said the material added little to the investigation.
The focus Thursday slowly began turning away from the multimedia package Cho sent to NBC News on Monday after Col. Steven Flaherty, superintendent of the Virginia State Police, said the material added little to the investigation.
After killing two people in a Virginia Techdormitory — but before he slaughtered 30 more in a classroom building, Cho mailed NBC News the long, profanity-laced diatribe along with dozens of photographs and videos, boasting: “When the time came, I did it. I had to.”
“While there was some marginal value to the package we received, the fact of the matter is ... the package merely confirms what we already knew,” Flaherty said in a brief statement Thursday.
“While there was some marginal value to the package we received, the fact of the matter is ... the package merely confirms what we already knew,” Flaherty said in a brief statement Thursday.
A interview with Liyun, who has lived in Germany for 2 years
Interview (Sarah interviews Liyun)
1. When did you first come to Germany?
In 2004 (September).
2. What were your first impressions of Germany?
It was like another world to me, it was new to me, though I knew much about Germany. There were many new faces which were pretty foreign to me, and all of them looked the same. This new situation made me curious but nervous.
3. How did you feel when you first arrived?
I was so scared that I lost all my confidence, because I could not speak German well and I didn’t understand anything. So I would be really nervous when someone talked to me. I felt like a special case, because of my Asian looks. Most of the people stared at me and it made me sick. Moreover, I didn’t dare to go out without my mom, and on the other hand I felt like I was handicapped. At school I didn’t enjoy when my classmates tried to approach me to talk with me because of my bad German.
4. How do you feel now?
Well, I can speak German pretty well right now, I have no problem to talk to the people or buy something in a supermarket. Maybe I can’t speak German as well as my mother tongue, but I have no problem to live here. Now I am more confident and feel much better. Whether other people stare at me strangely or not, it doesn’t matter anymore.
5. Which of your original impressions from Germany have changed?
In fact nothing, because I had been to Germany two times, one was an exchange, the other time I was here on vacation. In China, I was at a German-Chinese private school learning German by German teachers since the first class. At that time I already knew much about Germany. Although all Germans look the same, they are really different.
6. Do you feel like a “German”?
No, definitely not, I feel like a whole Chinese. Well, I was born and I grew up in China with Chinese culture. I went to Chinese school. So I’ve never had any doubt about my identity.
7. How well has your family integrated?
Really well, because my mom studied and works in Germany, so she hasn’t any problems with the language. My father is German, they have mostly German friends and live with German culture, though sometimes we cook Chinese food and celebrate Chinese traditional festivals. Well I get always gifts for Christmas.
8. Have you had any experiences with racism?
No, never. People always stare at me curiously because of my Asian face, but I am used to it and I can understand it completely.
9. Well, everybody knows about the tragic events that happened in the USA about two weeks ago. The gunman was an Asian. How would you react, if your classmates suddenly were afraid of you because you are an Asian, too?
Well, I don’t think that my classmates would be afraid of me just because of such a case; it would be really absurd and childish. They know me, so they won’t fear that I could also kill them someday like Cho did. Everybody knows that he is an Asian, but they also know that he is a psycho, too. Just one Asian can’t stand for Asians all over the world. And I will try to make my classmates understand that they can trust me.
1. When did you first come to Germany?
In 2004 (September).
2. What were your first impressions of Germany?
It was like another world to me, it was new to me, though I knew much about Germany. There were many new faces which were pretty foreign to me, and all of them looked the same. This new situation made me curious but nervous.
3. How did you feel when you first arrived?
I was so scared that I lost all my confidence, because I could not speak German well and I didn’t understand anything. So I would be really nervous when someone talked to me. I felt like a special case, because of my Asian looks. Most of the people stared at me and it made me sick. Moreover, I didn’t dare to go out without my mom, and on the other hand I felt like I was handicapped. At school I didn’t enjoy when my classmates tried to approach me to talk with me because of my bad German.
4. How do you feel now?
Well, I can speak German pretty well right now, I have no problem to talk to the people or buy something in a supermarket. Maybe I can’t speak German as well as my mother tongue, but I have no problem to live here. Now I am more confident and feel much better. Whether other people stare at me strangely or not, it doesn’t matter anymore.
5. Which of your original impressions from Germany have changed?
In fact nothing, because I had been to Germany two times, one was an exchange, the other time I was here on vacation. In China, I was at a German-Chinese private school learning German by German teachers since the first class. At that time I already knew much about Germany. Although all Germans look the same, they are really different.
6. Do you feel like a “German”?
No, definitely not, I feel like a whole Chinese. Well, I was born and I grew up in China with Chinese culture. I went to Chinese school. So I’ve never had any doubt about my identity.
7. How well has your family integrated?
Really well, because my mom studied and works in Germany, so she hasn’t any problems with the language. My father is German, they have mostly German friends and live with German culture, though sometimes we cook Chinese food and celebrate Chinese traditional festivals. Well I get always gifts for Christmas.
8. Have you had any experiences with racism?
No, never. People always stare at me curiously because of my Asian face, but I am used to it and I can understand it completely.
9. Well, everybody knows about the tragic events that happened in the USA about two weeks ago. The gunman was an Asian. How would you react, if your classmates suddenly were afraid of you because you are an Asian, too?
Well, I don’t think that my classmates would be afraid of me just because of such a case; it would be really absurd and childish. They know me, so they won’t fear that I could also kill them someday like Cho did. Everybody knows that he is an Asian, but they also know that he is a psycho, too. Just one Asian can’t stand for Asians all over the world. And I will try to make my classmates understand that they can trust me.
A interwie with Rosa, a Chinese German
Interview (Sarah interviews Rosa)
1. Where were you born?
- I was born in Augsburg, Germany.
2. Would you say that you were raised like a German or more like a Chinese?
- I think I was raised more like a Chinese because of my parents who are both Chinese and it was important for them that I got to know Chinese culture although I live in Germany. But there were, of course, also many German influences, e.g. the German environment, my German friends, the German kindergarten and finally school. So I was somehow raised in a mixed way: Chinese at home and with our Chinese friends, German in the world “outside.”
3. Do you “feel” like a German?
- No, I definitely don’t feel like a German. Well yes, I got used to Germany, the culture and so on, it’s a place where everything is very familiar to me. But actually, it’s not my home at all because I know I’m different and in the eyes of German people I will always be a stranger. It’s somehow a contradiction because Germany is almost like a home to me but I still feel like a foreigner and not German.
4. Do you feel “whole” in Germany?
- I don’t feel “whole” in Germany, not at all. I’m divided into two parts: my German identity and my Chinese one. But I’m never whole, I’m neither German nor Chinese.
5. When did you first realize that you were completely different from other Germans?
- It was when I started school. On my first school day, some older pupils passed by and they teased me because I’m Chinese. And these kids made fun of me all the years I went to school. I was only 6 years old and therefore I was really confused about it. Afterwards when I realized the situation, I got mad at those people and began to see myself as a foreigner.
6. Have others ever given you trouble because of your Chinese heritage?
- Yes, there were several arguments with people who were quite racist. But luckily I have never come in contact with Nazis until today and I have never got into a violent conflict. But there was one incident which impressed me very much: about one year ago when I was on my way to the city, an old woman walked towards me and when she noticed me she quickly went to the other side of the road to avoid crossing my way. I was very terrified about this.
1. Where were you born?
- I was born in Augsburg, Germany.
2. Would you say that you were raised like a German or more like a Chinese?
- I think I was raised more like a Chinese because of my parents who are both Chinese and it was important for them that I got to know Chinese culture although I live in Germany. But there were, of course, also many German influences, e.g. the German environment, my German friends, the German kindergarten and finally school. So I was somehow raised in a mixed way: Chinese at home and with our Chinese friends, German in the world “outside.”
3. Do you “feel” like a German?
- No, I definitely don’t feel like a German. Well yes, I got used to Germany, the culture and so on, it’s a place where everything is very familiar to me. But actually, it’s not my home at all because I know I’m different and in the eyes of German people I will always be a stranger. It’s somehow a contradiction because Germany is almost like a home to me but I still feel like a foreigner and not German.
4. Do you feel “whole” in Germany?
- I don’t feel “whole” in Germany, not at all. I’m divided into two parts: my German identity and my Chinese one. But I’m never whole, I’m neither German nor Chinese.
5. When did you first realize that you were completely different from other Germans?
- It was when I started school. On my first school day, some older pupils passed by and they teased me because I’m Chinese. And these kids made fun of me all the years I went to school. I was only 6 years old and therefore I was really confused about it. Afterwards when I realized the situation, I got mad at those people and began to see myself as a foreigner.
6. Have others ever given you trouble because of your Chinese heritage?
- Yes, there were several arguments with people who were quite racist. But luckily I have never come in contact with Nazis until today and I have never got into a violent conflict. But there was one incident which impressed me very much: about one year ago when I was on my way to the city, an old woman walked towards me and when she noticed me she quickly went to the other side of the road to avoid crossing my way. I was very terrified about this.
Montag, 23. April 2007
A video about Stereotype
Do you know that Stereotypes of East and Southeast Asians are ethnic stereotypes of East Asians and Southeast Asians that are found in Western societies? These stereotypes have been collectively internalized by societies, and are manifested in media, literature, theatre and other creative expressions. They may account for real-life repercussions for Asian minority groups in daily interactions, current events, and government legislations. In addition to experiencing discrimination, Asians may experience stereotype threat, and may therefore be less likely to
engage in or may be less successful at activities in which Asians are stereotyped to perform poorly.
In many instances, Western media portrayals of Asians reflect the dominant Caucasian ideas of Asians rather than the actual customs and behaviours of the Asian people portrayed. These beliefs over generalize, stereotype, and undermine the true diversity of the Asian population. Many stereotypical and often contradictory characteristics that are imposed on Asians, like almost all stereotypes, have no empirical basis. Traits stereotypically attributed to Asians are very often oversimplified, exaggerated, over generalized or prejudiced. Some of these characteristics include, but are not limited to: being diligently studious and having an affinity for tedious workaholic jobs; having poor leadership and management ability, and lacking assertiveness; not being "well-rounded"; being submissive and feminine; having poor creativity skills; having superior academic abilities; being traditional, conservative, and not able to assimilate; speaking "broken" English with a heavy accent.
Also, in addition to the stereotypes ascribed generally to Asians, stereotypes specific to the various Asian nationalities exist as well.
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