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For you personally, how do you construct your racial/ethnic identity? How much is based upon how you look? How much is based upon what your family claims as family history? How much is based upon genetic / DNA testing? Please explain how you would describe yourself or how you see yourself in terms of race and ethnicity?
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I believe my ethnic/racial identity is 99.9999% constructed based on my look, I think that’s the first thing people notice when we were met face to face. Unlike other people who are of mix-race, we might not be able to tell what ethnicity they were, but it is common for them to share their family history such as “my German mother moved to the US to escape the war, and she met my Indian father here in the US when they went to the same University together. Therefore I am half-German and half-Indian”.
ReplyDeleteDue to me being 100% full Asian Chinese and I look 100% Asian Chinese, I don’t need family history for people to find out about my race. If I walk into a Chinese restaurant, they would immediately greet me with “ni hao” (meaning Hello in Chinese).
I have done a 23 and me genetic test a couple of years ago out of curiosity. Unsurprisingly I am 99.6% Chinese, with very few percentages of Vietnamese and some Dai in me (one of the 56 ethnic groups in China). Since my family they don’t really see the importance to talk about family history, I don’t know what is my grandparent's jobs were and their life story (all my them passed away now). When I ask my parents about the Vietnamese and Dai side, they don’t even know which side of the family we have Vietnamese ancestry. I don’t know how my grandparents met and what was their life like when WWII Japanese invaded China. Although I know for sure that they moved from north China to the southern part of China many years ago.
I just wish my family would have documented or at least verbally told all their offspring their family history, I think it is an interesting story to share with my kids, unfortunately, I only know so little about it! (317 words)
I construct my racial and ethnic identity based on the language that I speak at home, how I look, the culture, and the traditions that I have practiced. I have never done genetic and DNA testing because I have never doubted that I am fully Chinese, but I am aware we can never be "full" because our ancestors are from all over the world. I would definitely be super surprised if I found out I was part European or something. In general, people can easily recognize my facial features and know that I am Asian. I also eat traditional Chinese food every day, practice traditional Chinese traditions for every holiday, and communicate in Chinese. I also feel like my perception of what I think is acceptable, my moral values, and how I treat others is heavily influenced by my culture and my ethnicity, and what I've been taught by my Chinese family.
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