
Jimin
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I Grew Up Ashamed of Being Asian. Now I'm Learning How to Fully Embrace My Roots
"The intense clashing of races in this country forced me to take a step back to actually think about my story as an Asian American."
Her parents immigrated for a better life and this is how she acts. Who wants to bet she also said "I don't date Asian guys"?I lettered in multiple varsity sports, joined every club at school, made sure I did not speak Chinese outside of my home, lectured my own parents to take English lessons and even snuck out of the Chinese school I was forced to attend on Friday nights, dashing my parents’ hopes and dreams I would be fluent in reading and writing Mandarin.
So she wifed up a white single dad just to have a fully white child.After college I did not have as many Asian friends — I married a white man who had an incredibly accepting and open-minded white family, and I inherited a beautiful white stepdaughter.
I am reclaiming my own unique story by returning to my Chinese surname, Wei 魏 – which means “high, lofty, towering,” as a reminder to always keep my head high with elevated self-worth and to carry myself as a tower, strong and proud. Truth be told, I never quite settled into my married name, Warren, because on paper I was no longer Asian American, but an adopted facade of myself. Changing it back feels like coming home to myself — my heritage — regardless of external factors. This deep sense of pride in who I am, what makes me special, a sense of belonging to myself, is something I hope we can all embrace as individuals, regardless of our race.
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