Q: How do other people see your ethnic group?Q: How do you define your 'American-ness'?
A: Becoming a U.S. citizen
Q: Were you born in the U.S.? If not, where were you born?
A: Vietnam
Q: Where do you consider your hometown?
A: Eugene, Oregon
Q: Involvement in clubs or organizations (ethnic or non-ethnic apply):
A: Never involved in clubs/organizations
Q: What gives purpose to your life?
A: To fulfill my dream to get a BA, travel around the world.
Q: What relationships have been of major significance to you?
A: When my dad died in the refugee camp.
Q: What is the racial and ethnic background of your closest friends?
A: American, Chinese. My sister-in-law is American.
Q: When and how did you become aware of concepts of your race and/or ethnicity?
A: I become aware when I go to high school.
Q: How were you treated?
A: Bad in high school, I was bullied a lot. College- good.
Q: What languages do you speak?
A: Chinese. Chinese with my mother, I don’t have a dad and I speak English only with my siblings.
Q: Do you feel like your parents' expectations of gender roles are ‘traditional’?
A: No, my mother and my siblings are very outgoing and modern. Not traditional at all. My mother is very supportive , she never forces us and told us what she wants us to be in terms of a career. Whatever is best for us and makes us happy. She is fine with that.
Q: What were their expectations?
A: None. Be a good person.
Q: Have you ever dated outside of your ethnicity?
A: Not yet, I would like to date Hispanic or Philipino.
Q: Would your parents accept them?
A: Of course, my sister in law is Caucasian, Mom loves it. She thinks her mixed blood grandkid will be very pretty.
Q: What is your educational status?
A: I am working to get a BA in Psychology.
Q: How do you define academic success?
A: 3.8 GPA, finish college.
Q: How do you define success in general?
A: Have a good job and steady income.
Q: Throughout your time in school, how often did you encounter people who assumed you were smart because you were Asian?
A: In math class, Americans think Asians are usually good in math. Especially when you do very well in math, your classmate thinks that you are smart.
Q: Have you visited the country or countries of your ethnic origin/s?
A: I visited China couple years ago, and Thailand too.
Q: How knowledgeable are you about the history of the country or countries?
A: Not knowledgeable because I left my country when I was a baby.
Q: Please list at least 3 feelings you had while visiting.
A: I feel weird the first time visit to China because I never see so many Chinese people – same thing when I first moved to San Francisco. I always surrounded by American people in Eugene so I have to say that I was little uncomfortable at first when I see so many Chinese. For some reason, I don’t speak Chinese with them – I don’t know why but this has changed.
Q: On average, how long did it take before you felt others knew you were American?
A: When I started to ask a lot of questions like, 'What is this?' 'What kind of food is that?'
Q: Do you feel a sense of belonging when you are in the company of people, a majority who are of your ethnic group? How strongly do you feel this on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being not at all, 5 being very strongly)?
A: 3. There are a lot of times I don’t feel I belong in the company where there are all Americans. In the summer time, I worked at the marketing firm and I am the only Chinese person there, I don’t feel comfortable at all especially when we were at the meeting. Now, my work place have a lot of Chinese people – I feel little comfortable and easier. I guess it's the language.
Q: Do you feel a sense of belonging when you are in the company of people, a majority who are Asian? How strongly do you feel this on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being not at all, 5 being very strongly)?
A: Yes, 4
Q: Do you listen to music, watch movies, eat the food of your ethnic country or countries?
A: Yes, but I like Italian food and American more.
Q: Do you believe that one’s emotional needs are less important than fulfilling one’s responsibilities?
A: No, I think emotional need is very important to people, especially for teenagers. Without emotional support teens can get into a wrong path. Yeah.
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