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ARTICLES:
Eurasian Experience
On
Being Half
By Michelle Waugh
Validation
By Sabrina Margarita Alcantara-Tan
Redeemer
of the Half Chink
By Romana S. Lee
Real
Life Musings of a Eurasian Male
By David Horwitz
This half-Japanese college student reflects on racism, his biracial
heritage and the need for a stronger Eurasian community.
Stares
That I Am Used To
By Anita H. Gupta
Singapore's racial classification system categorizes citizens according
to the race of their fathers. This Chinese-Indian-Dutch-British-Indonesian
young woman struggles to get beyond her state-sanctioned identity.
On
Beauty
By Erica Lee Schlaikjer
This Eurasian teenager hopes to one day grow into a beautiful, exotic
girl with international, cosmopolitan appeal. But until then, she's
happy with what she sees in the mirror everyday.
On
How Life Is... As A Young, Ethnically Diverse Gay Person
By Robert Tsu
Most people can talk about dating their "own kind" and
know what they mean. But it's a little more complicated for this
young, Vietnamese-French, gay man.
Not
Alone Anymore
By Catherine Cook
For years, Chinese-Indonesian-Australian Catherine Cook felt alone
in the world. But after discovering the Eurasian community online,
she realized that there was no longer a need to classify herself.
Phenotype:
The Story of a Eurasian Australian Family
By Michele Marsh
Michele Marsh's Australian roots date back to the 1700s. Through
the prism of her Eurasian family's experiences, Marsh reveals an
Australia that is not the rich kaleidoscope of colors it appears
to be, but instead a nation that struggles with its indigenous population
and rewards only those who can assimilate.
Sticky
Rice At Yom Kippur
By Emilie Hammerstein
What's a girl to do when her Chinese brethren consider her a waiguoren
(foreigner) and her Jewish sisters call her "Chopsticks"
behind her back? Being Chinese and Jewish has never been easy for
Emilie Hammerstein.
Being
Me
By Athena Mari Asklipiadis
As a Eurasian, Athena Mari Asklipiadis has witnessed racist attitudes
on both sides of the fence. She explains how she has come to realize
that she doesn't have to be the white girl or the Asian girl, she
can just be herself.
Too
Yellow to be White, Too White to Be Yellow
By Kumiko O'Connor
Kathleen O'Connor recently decided to drop her first name and go
by Kumiko, her middle name, instead. She talks about the internal
and external journey that led to this name change: from her childhood
on a U.S. naval base in Japan, to her parents' divorce, to her new
college life in Washington state.
My
Half Identity
By Kanna Livingston
In this stirring essay, Kanna Livingston asserts that she is not
"half" anything. She is Japanese. She is American. Her
"blood doesn't divide in the middle of her veins, neatly lining
up like sweaty kindergartners after recess."
Checking
The "Other" Box
By Catherine Betts
Whenever Catherine Betts, as a last resort, checks the "other"
box on a form, she wonders if it's a sign of defeat, of giving up,
of agreeing against her will that she can be defined simply.
Journeys
In and Out of FOB Land
By Lisa Mueller
In Lisa Mueller's high school, the term "FOB" (Fresh Off
the Boat) is used to describe everything from music to clothes.
While she participates in this light-hearted self-mockery with her
Asian peers, she can't help wondering if she, with her European
ancestry, is Asian "enough" to join the joke.
I
Remember
By Kristin Soong
In this haunting piece, Kristin Soong remembers vivid moments from
her parents' childhoods.
Eurasian:
I Love It!
By Reuben Thom
Reuben Thom is of Indonesian and Australian descent and grew up
in both countries. This is his ode to the perks of being Eurasian:
a unique cultural identity, the ability to empathize, and yes of
course, the ladies…
What
Issues?
By James J. Shea
Indonesian-Irish-Italian James Shea has never struggled with his
biracial heritage. Here he shares how his family, his environment
and his friends contributed to a strong foundation on which he has
built his sense of identity.
Working
in Japan
By Misasha Suzuki
Misasha Suzuki moved to Japan after graduating from college to get
in touch with her Japanese roots. She shares with us what it was
like to be Hapa in the Japanese corporate world.
Playing
the Princess
By Renata Sandivita
Growing up in Malaysia, everyone always assumed that Renata Sandivita
spoke English, just because she looked Eurasian. Here she reminisces
about her childhood, and how she gradually came to embrace her multiracial
identity.
A
Dash of Paella and Soy Sauce
By Katherine Borras
Katherine Borras' parents are heroes to her. She loved listening
to her Puerto Rican father's war stories, and she admired her Chinese
mother for disobeying her family by moving to America to be with
the man she loved. In this delightful essay, she shares how both
cultures, the paella and the soy sauce, run through her veins and
shaped her identity.
Mixed
and Prejudiced
By Isyana Adriani Arslan
Isyana Adriani Arslan is of Indonesian and Egyptian descent. As
a child, she was constantly stared at. As an adult, she has experienced
prejudice from her boyfriends' families because she is a Muslim.
I'm
Not Your Brother
By Eugene Whong
Eugene Whong is sick of people who assume an automatic friendship
with him just because they also have one white parent and one Asian
parent. In this opinion piece, he exposes the way Eurasians try
to outdo one another in “Asian-ness.”
Half
Asian, Half Amazin'
By Amy Karnchanapee
“You’re half Asian? Well, I hope it’s the bottom
half.” Amy Karnchanapee sounds off on unwanted male attention,
and wonders why people think that probing your ethnic background
is a good means of initial contact.
Diary
of an Anorexic
By Sean
In this brave essay, Sean reveals that the roots of her anorexia
disease lay in her shame about her Filipino heritage—so much
so that she actually cheered when she read that anorexia was a “white
woman’s disease” because it meant she was one step closer
to becoming white.
When
Exoticism Meets Racism
By Tracey Tamae Ariga
You jump at the chance to meet the exotic model in Puff Daddy’s
new music video, but are shocked when you find out her father was
the Chinese professor you laughed at the other day because of his
accent and halting English. That’s what happens when exoticism
meets racism.
Jiao
Zi's (dumplings)
By Emily Wiser Scott
In this soulful essay, Emily Wiser Scott learns about her rich cultural
heritage through the stories of her Chinese grandparents.
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