Meaning Of Being A Chinese American

Haobang Lu
Professor Connie So
AAS 350
March 21, 2015
Meaning of being Chinese or Chinese American
China has a long brilliant history. The history of Chinese American in the Unites States has three major waves of Chinese immigration to the United States at the very beginning of the 19th century. The one impressed me most is Chinese immigrants worked as laborers, on the transcontinental railroad during 19th century. The Chinese immigrants were suffered a lot at that time, full of racial discrimination from every level of the “White” society. Till now, being a Chinese and or Chinese American in the United States, is that still a case? What is meant to be a Chinese and or Chinese American?
How did I came to the United States
Saipan, Northern Mariana
I came to America is for further education. I was major in Financial Management in Sun Yat-Sen University for a year and half. My parents were telling me that Sun Yat-Sun University is not good enough for international competition. Moreover, there is a great opportunity that I am able to come to America which I can start it over. I definitely should take a try. The reason I chose Seattle as the place I stay in America is that my grandparents were living there. I want to take good care of them. Also, there is a great University which is called University of Washington. University of Washington is my dream
They did bring the United States their culture, food, tradition, music, and etc. As time goes by, Chinese American has second generation, third generation, four generation, and etc. Most of Chinese American would be influenced by western cultural, being more Americanism. Chinese American care more about identity then the other ethical groups. From my perspectives, American identity has two identities, one is national political identity, and the other is passport identity. Especially, more outstanding point is being a Chinese American represents racial identity and ethical identity. In the United States, Chinese American identify themselves as Chinese American obviously. However, Chinese American would identify themselves as Chinese if they are in Chinese groups or communities, such as they are in China.
One of the most popular questions to Chinese American would be “where are you from?”, moreover, the question is asking about “where are you actually from?” Answers are obviously stated. The accent and the way how Chinese American speaking is the best piece of evidence. Chinese American are from America. The worst question for Chinese American should be “what is your real name?” Most of the cases, Chinese American would prefer not calling their Chinese name, speaking English instead of speaking Chinese, and totally being