HELP --> class presentation

[cinnamoroll]

I said my theme for this English spoken assignment (presentation on any subject) would be
"Race and nationality"
I was thinking of covering mutli-racial ppl, but then I thought of other things
(as it is such a broad topic) like
-race/nationality in an international school
-importance of race/nationality
(^for example)

I guess what made me think of this topic was
my friend saying I was an "oriental goddess" (again) - (when comparing me to her "ugly" self - she's gorgeous by the way).
STUPID FRIENDS - I hate having no one to talk to
about being EA... except for EAN of course . I think I would go mad without you...

SO YEAH!!
Any ideas for this presentation, maybe some of you guys have done similar based discussions.
I need info. to base on, because I don't want to turn it into a huge rant about how sucky it is being EA etc. etc.

::)Thanks

[╗]

I did a class presentation about EA/Half-Asians in movies.

Some movies I mentioned were:

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (why it was a bad idea to make Lucy Liu's character EA)

Rush Hour (the part where Chris Tucker's character says he's "Blackinese" and why that was a bad idea)

Menace II Society (how the movie showed Blacks and Koreans but NOT half-Black/half-Korean people)

My presentation was about how half-Asian people are almost always shown in the movies in the wrong way.

[bulaklak]

^ Eurasians in the media
That reminds me of an episode of Law and Order SVU where Marcus Chong (Tank from the Matrix) played this half Chinese, half black guy.
He was raised by his Chinese mother (who had been raped by a black man) He grew up with her relatives who abused him and called him a "black devil".
Well he was portrayed as a psycho who pursued Asian women and killed them because they rejected him for being part black. It was one bizarre episode.

[halfy]

^ I saw that one. Definitely bizarre. It made the chinese look racist and therefore a worthy target.

As for the project, I think race relations in France woud be an interesting topic.

[Sensei]

Interesting topic to make a presentation on, cinnamoroll!

Well, obviously there is a distinction between race and nationality--though both can play a huge role in defining one's identity.

As such, being of more than one race can complicate one's search for identity--as I imagine having a dual affiliation with two countries might, ie dual citizenship.

You could also draw on your own personal experiences, though you'd want to be cautious not to come across as overly dramatic--presenting yourself as someone who has suffered through identity crises that your classmates cannot understand because of their monoracial status.

[Sensei]

avax said:

Overdone.

People should realize hybrid identities exist regardless of ethnic backgrounds.

. . .

Who are you to claim knowing the importance of diversity any more than the monoracial who has far more experience in travel and interaction than yourself?

I don't think it's necessary to claim you know more about diversity because of your mixed heritage, so much as it would be interesting to define how your interpretation of diversity has been influenced by your own life experiences and how it might differ from those of monoracial people (which is not to say that the experiences of monoracial people through travel and cultural exposure should be viewed as inferior).

create links of hybrid identities between first generation immigrants and mixed people.

That would be interesting--good suggestion.