Fobs Vs Twinkies Analysis

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In the essay FOBs' vs. 'Twinkies': The New Discrimination Is Intraracial By Grace Hsiang, we come across discrimination between the in the same ethnic group/community. Hsiang explains the two categories of Asian American’s: “FOBs’ “, “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Twinkies”. FOBs’ are the people who are proud to speak, dress, act and follow the native traditions that they followed in their home country. Whereas, “Twinkies” are the people who look “yellow” on the outside, but act like “white”, which means regardless of the ethnic color and background they pretend to be an American. Further, in the essay we can see that FOBs’ cling to their community and does not accept or socialise with others. While the Twinkies hate being unrecognised as an American.

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