In southeastern Asian parents’ eyes, marrying within the same ethnic group also counts as being the “perfect” son or daughter. At a young age, Jeff Yang’s mom illustrated his road map into the future, “‘One, practice piano. Two, go to a good college. Three, become a doctor. And four, marry a nice Taiwanese girl” (Yang). Chinese and Vietnamese parents make sure their child is well rounded in everything, and that includes speaking the parent’s native tongue and understanding the culture — it is the Chinese or Vietnamese way at home, not Western’s.
These expectations dictate the lives of southeastern Asian American, who are restricted from teenage dating, but when they are given permission, it comes with guidelines. An anonymous teenage girl blogged her conflict with her parents when they found out she was dating an African American boy. Their disapproval was drawn out in three major points: “too young to be in a relationship and too young to get so emotionally involved with someone,” “impossible to concentrate on both [her] studies and a relationship at the same time,” and her “‘her pride’ as a girl (which basically means don’t get pregnant” (Experience Project). Her world revolves around this boy as she feels capable of balancing her social life with her dating life, but according to the Health Encyclopedia, a teenager’s brain will not be fully …show more content…
Interracial dating is an important factor in diversity culturally and ethnically because people date/marry outside their own ethnic group. Regardlessly, Southeastern Asian parents will judge based on race, and believes that the only group superior to Asians are White people. Latinos(as), African Americans and any minority group that isn’t Asian will be scrutinized; the model minority sculpted this mindset because Asian American were placed above all other minorities on the
These expectations dictate the lives of southeastern Asian American, who are restricted from teenage dating, but when they are given permission, it comes with guidelines. An anonymous teenage girl blogged her conflict with her parents when they found out she was dating an African American boy. Their disapproval was drawn out in three major points: “too young to be in a relationship and too young to get so emotionally involved with someone,” “impossible to concentrate on both [her] studies and a relationship at the same time,” and her “‘her pride’ as a girl (which basically means don’t get pregnant” (Experience Project). Her world revolves around this boy as she feels capable of balancing her social life with her dating life, but according to the Health Encyclopedia, a teenager’s brain will not be fully …show more content…
Interracial dating is an important factor in diversity culturally and ethnically because people date/marry outside their own ethnic group. Regardlessly, Southeastern Asian parents will judge based on race, and believes that the only group superior to Asians are White people. Latinos(as), African Americans and any minority group that isn’t Asian will be scrutinized; the model minority sculpted this mindset because Asian American were placed above all other minorities on the