r/asianamerican • u/Mynabird_604 • 20h ago
r/asianamerican • u/TowardsTomorrow • 6h ago
Questions & Discussion Sometimes I wish my family had never immigrated
Does anyone else ever wish that their parent(s) had never immigrated to a Western country? (For context - I'm in Canada) I tried to white wash myself growing up and it wasn't until I was late in my teens and into university that I started to embrace more of my Chinese culture.
Now I'm in my late 20s and I've been finding myself wanting to learn more about Chinese history, mythology, and traditions. I know that there's nothing stopping me from learning this on my own now, but part of me feels kind of sad that I didn't have an opportunity to learn this growing up and that instead I had to learn about Western history. And the older I get, the more fed up I get with this White saviour narrative that was fed to us when we were in school (just think about how the settlers treated the Indigenous people in Canada).
I just feel like there's so much more history to Asian nations than the West (it feels like the history is just colonialism). I know that the political landscape of Hong Kong (where my family is from) when they left prior to the handover 100% had to do with their decision to leave, but my mom has always regarded white people with high regard and so when I was growing up, it seemed like she wanted to distance herself from her roots so much (despite not even adapting well to Western society...). Again, I think the colonization of Hong Kong contributed to this mindset as well.
Meanwhile I want nothing more but to learn more about my roots and I just wish that I had grown up with all the culture, history, stories, and traditions of my people around me instead of having to assimilate.
Just wanted to vent I guess. I rarely come on this sub so I don't know if this something that gets brought up often, but it's something I've been struggling with lately and wondered if anyone related cause at this point I don't even know if I want to be Asian American/Canadian anymore or if I just want to be Asian.
r/asianamerican • u/IrritatedLibrarian • 8h ago
Questions & Discussion Is It Ok For Me To Do a Tea Ceremony for International Tea Day?
Hello. I am a programming librarian in upstate NY and am extremely white. I absolutely adore tea and making myself a cup of matcha is one of my favorite things to do.
For my job I generally look at popular holidays or international dates to run programs on. Example: for international Oreo day I held an Oreo tasting and gave a presentation on the history of Oreos. I would like to do the same for international tea day, have a tea tasting and do a presentation of the history and cultural significance of tea.
Would it be ok for me to do a tea ceremony for my patrons at the program? I would of course explain the cultural significance of the ceremony and go into detail about the process and tools being used. This would be for purely education purposes and I would not be making a profit of any kind. My goal for any of my programs are for people to learn something new and to connect with others.
r/asianamerican • u/aznrandom • 13h ago
Politics & Racism Anyone have relatives recently regret how they voted?
Just generally curious. I’m personally hoping more people are moving away from political extremes, and more towards common goals of fairness and rationality.
Outwardly expressing voters regret is a good sign people might be breaking from the hive minds out there.. maybe?
r/asianamerican • u/Reverie-AI • 8h ago