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Post by Miyuki on Mar 3, 2009 7:05:36 GMT -5
I dont think I have any Asian culture to pass on  Children who get to know parts of their Asian culture and language and have other Asian relatives are lucky in my eyes! I think it takes a strong person to pass on this and to keep it alive. You can give your kids an Asian middle name. That's a start, no? |
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Post by TeeHee on Mar 4, 2009 3:30:15 GMT -5
I have to take offense at all the assumptions I've read about 1/4 asians not looking asian? I wouldn't much so say such assumptions are offensive, but more so naive. It doesn't surprise me to see 3/4white-1/4asians who look mostly-to-full white. That's the case with most of the ones I've seen. That said, genetics isn't always so predictable. One can see that by looking at my maternal extended family for example. I have cousins who are 3/4white1/4asian; they look clearly mixed, perhaps leaning more on the asian side even. Then you have me, 3/4asian1/4euro, in which the general consensus is I look mixed for being mostly asian. Some of my older cousins have children who are 5/8-3/8, 7/8-1/8, and likewise, more variation among us. Looks aside, those aforementioned cousins who are predominantly white know little to nothing of their Asian, despite their mom being fluent in Vietnamese. Then again, they seem to know little to nothing of the outside world in general  They've been homeschooled all their lives(one is 22 now, the other is 16), have never had friends before, never worked a day in their lives, live in a middle-of-nowhere bayou town in Louisiana, so you can imagine how their social development(or lack thereof) has become, but that's a whole nother story in of itself. Regardless of the ethnic percentages of my future hypothetical children, I'd like to pass on whatever I can of my heritage(s), ideally raising them in a fairly diverse multicultural area. |
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Post by catgirl on Mar 4, 2009 14:05:46 GMT -5
I dont think I have any Asian culture to pass on Children who get to know parts of their Asian culture and language and have other Asian relatives are lucky in my eyes! I think it takes a strong person to pass on this and to keep it alive. You can give your kids an Asian middle name. That's a start, no? Perhaps. I have an Asian middle name too ;D Also I dont think I have a real cultural identity, cause being EA (my looks) and living in different coutries and learning some of other languages  Just not my own Asian language.... |
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Post by mingzayni88 on Apr 14, 2009 17:28:43 GMT -5
I don't have Asian culture to pass down to my future kids either (that's if i don't marry an asian man!  ) . my mum know's nothing about Asian culture, not even my 1/2 Asian Grandparents know anything about Asian culture (both of my mum's parents are "hapa" or w/e), so I didn't really stand a chance. |
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Post by waywardwolf on May 23, 2009 5:10:08 GMT -5
Just show your kid the ninja turtles, they'll be hooked on Asian culture. Now that I think about it, the ninja turtles are awesome for EA kids. They act both western and eastern at different times.
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Post by mingzayni88 on Jun 1, 2009 11:23:55 GMT -5
KOWABUNGA, DUDE!  |
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Post by Lisa0525 on Jun 12, 2009 8:19:02 GMT -5
My son is 1/4 Japanese
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Children who get to know parts of their Asian culture and language and have other Asian relatives are lucky in my eyes! I think it takes a strong person to pass on this and to keep it alive.
They've been homeschooled all their lives(one is 22 now, the other is 16), have never had friends before, never worked a day in their lives, live in a middle-of-nowhere bayou town in Louisiana, so you can imagine how their social development(or lack thereof) has become, but that's a whole nother story in of itself. Regardless of the ethnic percentages of my future hypothetical children, I'd like to pass on whatever I can of my heritage(s), ideally raising them in a fairly diverse multicultural area. 
Just not my own Asian language....
) . my mum know's nothing about Asian culture, not even my 1/2 Asian Grandparents know anything about Asian culture (both of my mum's parents are "hapa" or w/e), so I didn't really stand a chance. 
