When do I become just-American?
Wen Wen Yang
Dallas, TX
I tell people I’m Chinese-American. My parents are Chinese, born and raised in China, while I was born and raised in the United States, so I think the term Asian-American is accurate. I am straddling the divide, but leaning towards American – I’ve never been to China and do not speak Chinese. My taste in food leans Chinese.
However, I wonder my friends who people will call, and may call themselves, African-Americans and wonder how long you’d have to trace their history to reach Africa. How many generations must be born here to be called American, even if we don’t ‘look’ like it?
