{"id":3117,"date":"2022-10-31T19:49:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T19:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/?p=3117"},"modified":"2022-11-02T09:45:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T09:45:47","slug":"forever-foreign-not-fully-asian-or-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/fall-2022\/forever-foreign-not-fully-asian-or-american\/","title":{"rendered":"Forever Foreign: Not Fully Asian or American"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ezgif.com-gif-maker.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3118\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">     \u201cSo where are you from?\u201d a customer asks as I ring up her goods. It is a quiet Sunday shift at Joann Fabrics in Burlington, MA. She is the only person in line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">     \u201cOh, I\u2019m from Lexington, it\u2019s a few towns over,\u201d I reply nonchalantly, assuming it\u2019s just some mandatory small talk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">     She pauses, \u201cWhere are you really from?\u201d she inquires again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">     I pause too. The beeping of my scanner comes to a stop. Where am I really from? What sort of question is that? Isn\u2019t it obvious? But if it was so obvious she wouldn\u2019t have asked.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uncomfortable situations like this are a part of the second-generation Asian American experience for many with family from all over Asia. Second-generation Asian Americans are caught between two identities created from a life of experiences in the country they were born in, and a childhood growing up in the culture of their parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Too Asian To Be American<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIf fellow Americans treat them as outsiders or as if they do not represent that which is American, how can minority group members be expected to see themselves as American?\u201d<\/p><cite>(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3092701\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3092701\/\" target=\"_blank\">Huynh, Devos, and Smalarz 2011<\/a>)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An individual\u2019s awareness of their perceived foreignness is highly correlated with their inability to feel part of the American national identity. Questions like \u201cwhere are you really from?\u201d imply that they do not align with what is considered American (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3092701\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3092701\/\" target=\"_blank\">Huynh et al. 2011<\/a>). As a result, Asian Americans feel that they do not belong to the society that alienates them from their culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The perpetual foreigner assumption has a real effect on how Asian Americans view their future living in a society that treats them as outsiders. A higher awareness of the stereotype is linked to lower hope or life-satisfaction. These feelings result from a sense of \u201ccultural homelessness\u201d fueled by struggles with identity (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3092701\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3092701\/\" target=\"_blank\">Huynh et al. 2011<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By interacting with two distinct groups with different social expectations, values, and language, Asian Americans learn when they must act Asian and when they must act American but are unable to fully identify with either performance (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/scholarly-journals\/individual-collective-processes-construction-self\/docview\/61509984\/se-2\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/scholarly-journals\/individual-collective-processes-construction-self\/docview\/61509984\/se-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kitayama et al. 1997<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Too American To Be Asian<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because Asian Americans tend to have close connections with both countries and cultures through language and values, they are more aware of the divisions between their identities (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/dissertations-theses\/qualitative-narrative-assessment-self-concept\/docview\/1831424469\/se-2\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/dissertations-theses\/qualitative-narrative-assessment-self-concept\/docview\/1831424469\/se-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alvarez 2016:156<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asian Americans are very likely to speak a second language (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/dissertations-theses\/qualitative-narrative-assessment-self-concept\/docview\/1831424469\/se-2\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/dissertations-theses\/qualitative-narrative-assessment-self-concept\/docview\/1831424469\/se-2\" target=\"_blank\">Alvarez 2016:156<\/a>). While language is an opportunity for connection it also constructs walls between those who can and cannot speak it, isolating second-generation Asian Americans from their families and culture if they lose that ability (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/openview\/ece18845131507a739d97dbc899439b6\/1?cbl=18750&amp;diss=y&amp;pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;parentSessionId=AMLE9rZybVFA7wlEurjP502mq4SVtfwcV4JFcFl4Rlg%3D\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/openview\/ece18845131507a739d97dbc899439b6\/1?cbl=18750&amp;diss=y&amp;pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;parentSessionId=AMLE9rZybVFA7wlEurjP502mq4SVtfwcV4JFcFl4Rlg%3D\" target=\"_blank\">Li 1995:7<\/a>).&nbsp;Proficiency fades when speaking one language at school or work and then another at home. As a result, their native language is a cultural keystone that many Asian Americans struggle to hold onto as their lives become more involved in American society (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/openview\/ece18845131507a739d97dbc899439b6\/1?cbl=18750&amp;diss=y&amp;pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;parentSessionId=AMLE9rZybVFA7wlEurjP502mq4SVtfwcV4JFcFl4Rlg%3D\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/openview\/ece18845131507a739d97dbc899439b6\/1?cbl=18750&amp;diss=y&amp;pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;parentSessionId=AMLE9rZybVFA7wlEurjP502mq4SVtfwcV4JFcFl4Rlg%3D\" target=\"_blank\">Li 1995:9<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to strong ethnic identities, Asian Americans can often feel they are trapped in cultural binds, acting against the values that make up one culture in order to appease the other (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/scholarly-journals\/individual-collective-processes-construction-self\/docview\/61509984\/se-2\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/scholarly-journals\/individual-collective-processes-construction-self\/docview\/61509984\/se-2\" target=\"_blank\">Kitayama et al. 1997<\/a>).&nbsp;A collectivist culture in countries like China emphasizes group well-being and interdependence, values many immigrant parents pass down to their children. In contrast, American culture values an individualist mindset where the needs of the single person are considered more important than the group (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/scholarly-journals\/individual-collective-processes-construction-self\/docview\/61509984\/se-2\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/scholarly-journals\/individual-collective-processes-construction-self\/docview\/61509984\/se-2\" target=\"_blank\">Kitayama et al. 1997<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Different values lead to distinct social expectations that shape acceptable behavior among likeminded people. Being raised with strong cultural identities and teachings can leave Asian Americans feeling disconnected from their families when they act differently in order to fit into American society (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/scholarly-journals\/individual-collective-processes-construction-self\/docview\/61509984\/se-2\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/scholarly-journals\/individual-collective-processes-construction-self\/docview\/61509984\/se-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kitayama et al. 1997<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While I want to encourage second-generation Asian Americans to redefine what it can mean to be Asian and to be American, I also want to stray away from relying on labels as markers of identity. There will always be days when it is difficult to feel Asian enough. There will always be days when it is difficult to feel American enough. Creating a comfortable idea of the self doesn\u2019t mean rejecting labels altogether, rather it means stepping beyond them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Works Cited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alvarez, Juan M. 2016. &#8220;Qualitative and Narrative Assessment of Self-Concept and Identity: A Grounded Theory on Ethnic and Racial Labeling in America.&#8221; PhD dissertation, Department of Philosophy, Washington State University, Ann Arbor. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/dissertations-theses\/qualitative-narrative-assessment-self-concept\/docview\/1831424469\/se-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/dissertations-theses\/qualitative-narrative-assessment-self-concept\/docview\/1831424469\/se-2<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huynh, Que-Lam, Thierry Devos, and Laura Smalarz. 2011. \u201cPerpetual Foreigner in Once\u2019s Own Land: Potential Implications For Identity and Psychological Adjustment.\u201d <em>National Library of Medicine <\/em>30(2).<em> <\/em>Retrieved Septemper 27, 2022 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3092701\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3092701\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kitayama, Shinobu, Hazel R. Markus, Hisaya Matsumoto and Vinai Norasakkunkit. 1997. &#8220;Individual and Collective Processes in the Construction of the Self: Self-Enhancement in the United States and Self-Criticism in Japan.&#8221; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 72(6):1245-1267 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/scholarly-journals\/individual-collective-processes-construction-self\/docview\/61509984\/se-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/scholarly-journals\/individual-collective-processes-construction-self\/docview\/61509984\/se-2<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Li, Jennifer Joy. 1995. \u201cHeritage language retention in second generation Chinese-Americans.\u201d PhD dissertation, Department of Applied Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/openview\/ece18845131507a739d97dbc899439b6\/1?cbl=18750&amp;diss=y&amp;pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;parentSessionId=AMLE9rZybVFA7wlEurjP502mq4SVtfwcV4JFcFl4Rlg%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/openview\/ece18845131507a739d97dbc899439b6\/1?cbl=18750&amp;diss=y&amp;pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;parentSessionId=AMLE9rZybVFA7wlEurjP502mq4SVtfwcV4JFcFl4Rlg%3D<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSo where are you from?\u201d a customer asks as I ring up her goods. It is a quiet Sunday shift at Joann Fabrics in Burlington, MA. 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