tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384575.post111827906972330858..comments2024-01-02T17:48:07.739-05:00Comments on The Little Green Blog: Abstract argument of the dayNathan Bruschihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01335558831525808820noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384575.post-1118283508446985652005-06-08T22:18:00.000-04:002005-06-08T22:18:00.000-04:00You're all a bunch of wide boys.You're all a bunch of wide boys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384575.post-1118280029463982432005-06-08T21:20:00.000-04:002005-06-08T21:20:00.000-04:00It doesn't really matter whether or not I choose t...It doesn't really matter whether or not I choose to call myself Indian-American. The decision of my American-ness is made for me, whether or not I want aspire to be "simply American."<BR/>In most of this country, until I open my mouth and let my un-accented english spew out, I am assumed to be foreign. For my parents, who do have accents, they will never be regarded as American, or at least, not in the sense that Joe and his parents are.<BR/>Besides, I'm not just American. My life is shaped by the unique circumstances of my ethnicity and my parent's culture. I have no need to invoke my race every 5 seconds, but for the purposes of a term meant to imply something about who I am, I think I am just as valid in insisting that I am Indian-American as any other American who insists he/she is from New Jersey, or the South, or from Latino heritage.<BR/><BR/>The "hairy eyeball" (wtf...?) is the generalization and assumptions most people make based on physical appearance, not the labels that we use in an attempt to accurately express our identities.<BR/><BR/>(And really, I guess it would be most accurate to describe myself as a Indo-Jersey-Dartmo-American, but I think that would just confuse people.)Niral Shahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02599439478755459832noreply@blogger.com