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I want them to grow up knowing that you do not only have to adapt to one certain society; there is beauty in being diverse.

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I was involuntarily coerced into a culture very different from the one I was used to and forced to adapt to it, which made it really hard to stay immersed in my own.

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Just like my mom is, I’ve found that I’m super controlling in the kitchen…

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I need Feminism because people think I am conscious of my diet and have a strict workout regime in the hopes of
finding a boyfriend.

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Being exposed to this kind of treatment day in day out is a subtle reminder that I will never blend into the societal fabric. I’ve heard this being referred to as racial fatigue.

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“Are you going to get an arranged marriage?”

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Sometimes, you have to think there is some reason why you don’t get the things you want.

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Situations like that could easily be prevented if we just recognized that white girls are just as much of a unique people as the Jews.

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Perhaps accents are meant to reflect culture and background, and people feel duped when they are “acquired.” I find this a limited definition. Rather, accents are often coincidental.

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After all, you live here. In America. And so you can be a descendant of one or many other places, but you are an American. That should unite you with other Americans, should it not? But what exactly is an American and what does it mean to truly be an American?