Being Asian American

In "Fish Cheeks", Amy Tan describes the difficulties of being a Chinese-American. It is easily seen that Chinese and American culture clash in her life, which creates a lot of internal conflict. Being a  Taiwanese-American (which is very similar to, but at the same time very different than a Chinese-American. If you don’t know the difference, feel free to search it up) I too am able to experience both cultures equally. Unlike Tan, though, I personally am not in conflict over which culture to follow.

   I am not ashamed of my own culture (although there may be times that I am embarrassed for some people because of the way they act). I may be the exact opposite, actually. It might be that I am actually proud of being Asian. There is no point in being ashamed of my culture because the act of being ashamed does nothing to help in the situation. Others may actually look down upon someone who is ashamed of themself.

What is there to be ashamed of? There is nothing wrong with my hair, my eyes, my nose, my mouth, my face, my body, my culture. I am who I am. We can never change who we truly are.