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Take a breath. You got this down. Calm yourself. |
Hello everyone. I'm Jazz Topp --> DUH. Half Canadian, Half Filipino, born and raised in HK. Today I'm going to talk about.... culture issues that come from being "a mixed ethnic background" --> sum it up? being a 3rd culture kid. |
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STOP *BREATH. "Where are you from?" I'm sure we've all been asked this question... several times in our life. Some of us ---> no hesitation. Others, stop + think. Asking ourselves "am I actually from here, I mean I say i'm from this country but my parents were born there. Does that make me...? |
Every time I meet someone new 1st question they're going to ask me "where r u from?" I always have to try think of answer Don't stand there awks trying to reply what seems to be a simply question. |
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I'm not sure what people are looking for. Want to know where I was born? Born in HK but still considered a foreigner Parents are from? Dad = Canada Mom = Philippines Where I live? Houses in all three countries Passport I hold? 3 documents that define identity Where I think? Too many to tie down |
Question "where r u from?" too broad. too general. Live in generation where people can't answer without thinking of more questions. "Living in a world where 3rd culture kids have become so common yet so unique is what makes this situation difficult" |
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I ain't special. From two countries born in another. Lots of ppl with the same situation --> lifestyle. What makes this situation complicated/difficult is the uncertainty --> inability claim heritage of our own. |
Watching TED talk, gimme inspiration. Found Pico Lyer's speech "where is home?". Looking for statistics, in his speech 220 million people living in countries not their own. Toronto (Canada's largest city) 48% aren't actually from Toronto :O Practically half!! wot For those of us who have traveled there, it isn't a surprise. |
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Grew up surrounded by people just like me (yay). Nothing we thought about when we were kids... cuz we were kids. Growing up, harder to chose our "home" nationalities... cuz.. if we chose one nationality, one parent would be upset. chose other, other parent upset. |
We realised being able to say you from more than now place = negative + positive. Let me explain ... |
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On negative side. Don't know if I can consider myself either. I say i'm half Canada but only know one side --> only go in the summer when everyone is BBQ + SWIM. Know Cottage and uni. Further complicated, live in Quebec culture inside culture. French inside Canadian. Know nothing about the actual culture. Canada dad left has changed, I have nothing. Am I Canadian? |
Say i'm filipino? rarely go there. Image of Philippines based on holidays at --> den clear water beaches. Wasn't until PW experience the culture, only a glimpse. Really filipino? Can I call myself that? |
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Can I call myself HKer? No blood, 4 members including dog. Therefore, not from HK. what the hell am I? DONT SAY HELL! |
NO roots :( Can't say "wanna settle where ma roots are" cuz I got none. Me fam is spread out, don't know any country well enough for me to consider calling it me "roots". Same when someone say "going home for the summer" tHIS IS MY PROB. Their home is in this country, roots in the same country everything to do with that one place. But me? |
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Home is everyone and roots are nowhere. |
Another neg factor. Not being able to know the answer to such a simple question should be at tip of tongue frustration... ayio. Can say from one country... but are you? Say from other but have you ever really been? Makes me feel insure. Not only uncertainty but realisation i gots no home. |
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However! Positive side of being a third culture kid. GREAAT CONVERSATIONALISTS. Despite your frustrations, always makes a great story. Even more amazing finding people exactly like you. Keeps people interested in you and people find you by far more interesting *no offence non mixed ppl |
I like to believe I can maintain a fairly long convo by just talking about where i;m from and my life story. I'm doing it right now... am I not? |
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Third culture Kids --> AKA TCK's have super high tolerance with dealing with change. A lot TCK's experience moving schools --> houses --> etc --> regularly. It becomes to easy to adapt to. Move schools every 3 years --> been like this all my life. Same with houses. Dealing with change... so common... forget feeling of new environment. |
TCK's view the world broader + wider scale. Majority of us experience several cultures + introduced to new ideas and countries. Friends all over the world. Learn about culture through social media and travels. SEE WORLD NOT ONLY BASED ON COMMON KNOWLEDGE BUT ALSO ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. |
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Talking with friend (CHARLESSSS) Bout boarding school Where we're from home countries he tells people he's from HK wot? born here knows it best... makes sense right? But when they ask his nationality he says British...? |
When go to Europe feels Alien. Found this interesting because --> don't hear this often being from one country but saying your form another. I never say i'm from HK, sure i've lived here longer than anywhere else... can't see myself as HKer. Lots of third culture kids base where they're from on what place they know best. |
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Being only 16 years old, deprives me of understanding what’s yet to come. However, I know from my well… 16 years of living this way. A lot comes out of it. I have the benefit of being able to call so many places my home, I can hold interesting conversations and answer funny questions. |
But then again, i’ve also been leading a life of uncertainty, rootlessness and just not knowing something so simple. My sister who now 10 years old has been growing up surrounded by even more kids who are exactly like her. |
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But when they’re all together, they don’t talk about where they’re from but rather talk about their experiences. Where they’ve been and what they’ve seen. Mind you, these are 10 year olds, these kids can talk about these things forever. |
With that, third culture kids dealing with this situation are probably only going to become more common and more complicated. It’s not a bad thing, sure there are difficult aspects that come out of this but it makes the situation unique. |
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I don’t know if anyone noticed, but i’m actually a fourth culture kid. My mom’s nationality, my dad’s nationality, Hong Kong and Me. My situation goes even further back, eventually, there’ll be more people like me, if not, even more diverse |
So much so, that the question “where are you from” will disappear and be be replaced with “Who are you?”.
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Well done man. You did it. |
High mental 5 ya lill bugger. |
