Perhaps the best approach is to be truthful to what you believe, feel, know and willing to explore… without trying to attach yourself to one or the other. And I think that once you explore your own personal truths and embrace them… you will know YOU.

Easier said than done… and I know this as a life long journey. But its a cool one nonetheless… the journey of self-discovery, exploration, understanding and all the misfortunes that come along with it. Perhaps the key is to simply be open and willing to learn… and sometimes, we simply have to go back to the basics… and start anew.

I certainly do hope that Bay Area gives you a good, fresh, clean start… and enjoy that process!

Thanks for your comment.

Yeah, I’ve been completely enamored with PBS recently. Not only the great programs, but also their interactive website and video streaming. I’m going to write up a quick summary of all the video streaming offered by each network, but PBS is by far the best.

I’m not too familiar with Asian American protrayals in the past, but it seems like we’ve always been overlooked as a minority. It’s nice to know that there are people out there who are correcting this. Maybe next time, my options to have an actress play me in a movie isn’t limited to Margaret Cho (who I love), Lucy Liu or Trini the Yellow PowerRanger.

Cheers!

I myself am Chinese American and I do find myself struggling with the same issues. Although I was born and raised in So. Cali, I hold onto my Chinese roots and background; and I’m proud to be Chinese-American but I am aware of all the stereotypes, gross generalization and misrepresentations of Asian in the media.

I think what gets me the most is that I find people thinking its okay to poke fun at Asians and make generalized comments, but if these same comments are directed at any other race, they would be deemed “racist”. I’ll never understand this paradox!

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