Eddie Huang’s first book, a memoir, “Fresh Off the Boat,” argues that during the late 1990s, Huang’s family decides to move to Orlando, Florida from Washington D.C to achieve their “American Dream.” However, Huang’s family faces many obstacles when they try to assimilate with the new culture. Huang was raised by an immigrant family; Huang’s father is obsessed with the American culture while Huang’s mother is refused to live as an American. Huang’s family tries to live a life like the American lifestyle while still maintaining their identity. Fresh Off the Boat (FOB), it’s used as an insult to the immigrants who emigrated to the US and have a lack of understanding of the new country; people should stop using it.
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African American and White students from my school used it as an insult to the Asian students who were not born in America. I noticed that not only Americans used this term, but also Chinese who was born in America would call Asian foreigners FOBs because of their thick and heavy accent, as if foreigners FOBs just got off the boat from Asia. FOB is quite derogatory. I remembered that one of my Asian friends, Jenny, called me a “FOB” back in high school because I speak my native language fluently and I got good grades in math. “The only subject that you did good in is math and that’s ALL,” she said. As her friend, I thought she used “FOB” as a compliment to me until the day of my graduation ceremony. John, Chinese immigrant student, were giving out a speech on the stage. He said, “People should stop calling me a FOB. Yes, I was born in China, but I’m fluent in English. It’s very painful for me when people calls me a FOB because I’m not.” Then I figured that FOB can go from positive to negative meaning depending on how and when people use it. On the other hand, my uncles, aunts, and cousins use FOB as a family joke. FOB only refers to the young age like my sister because she moved to America when she was 4 and the first thing she learn in school is English, so she can’t write any Chinese characters and speak in fluent
FOB was originally from 1960s …show more content…
African American and White students from my school used it as an insult to the Asian students who were not born in America. I noticed that not only Americans used this term, but also Chinese who was born in America would call Asian foreigners FOBs because of their thick and heavy accent, as if foreigners FOBs just got off the boat from Asia. FOB is quite derogatory. I remembered that one of my Asian friends, Jenny, called me a “FOB” back in high school because I speak my native language fluently and I got good grades in math. “The only subject that you did good in is math and that’s ALL,” she said. As her friend, I thought she used “FOB” as a compliment to me until the day of my graduation ceremony. John, Chinese immigrant student, were giving out a speech on the stage. He said, “People should stop calling me a FOB. Yes, I was born in China, but I’m fluent in English. It’s very painful for me when people calls me a FOB because I’m not.” Then I figured that FOB can go from positive to negative meaning depending on how and when people use it. On the other hand, my uncles, aunts, and cousins use FOB as a family joke. FOB only refers to the young age like my sister because she moved to America when she was 4 and the first thing she learn in school is English, so she can’t write any Chinese characters and speak in fluent