Dear Willow,
Your book Trespassers? impressed me by its unique breakthrough point on the issue of Asian Americans. I have never read and never thought about the role landscapes played in racial problems.
From your book I learned that, most of the Asian Americans live in suburbs. They form their own community, their own family and cultural bonds there. On the meantime, they tried hard to fit in the mainstream culture—the white culture. However, when they tried to make more efforts in building the landscapes and purchasing their own American dreams, they always need to face way more challenges.
As far as I concerned, the idea of “American Dream” is really popular in China. Every Chinese who wanted to immigrate to US takes “American Dream” as their motivation. Unlike those low-income immigrants in the past, most of the new Chinese immigrants study and work hard in China to gain enough wealth and capacity to move to US. I used to think that, compare to their ancestor, they may suffer less discriminations and live better life due to their social status. However, one line in your book struck me, “In building suburbia, Americans built inequality to last.” For both old and new immigrants, they still have a long way “combating suburbs” and “combating stereotypes”. It's definitely hard for Asian Americans to get through this process and make their American dreams come true.
Your book Trespassers? impressed me by its unique breakthrough point on the issue of Asian Americans. I have never read and never thought about the role landscapes played in racial problems.
From your book I learned that, most of the Asian Americans live in suburbs. They form their own community, their own family and cultural bonds there. On the meantime, they tried hard to fit in the mainstream culture—the white culture. However, when they tried to make more efforts in building the landscapes and purchasing their own American dreams, they always need to face way more challenges.
As far as I concerned, the idea of “American Dream” is really popular in China. Every Chinese who wanted to immigrate to US takes “American Dream” as their motivation. Unlike those low-income immigrants in the past, most of the new Chinese immigrants study and work hard in China to gain enough wealth and capacity to move to US. I used to think that, compare to their ancestor, they may suffer less discriminations and live better life due to their social status. However, one line in your book struck me, “In building suburbia, Americans built inequality to last.” For both old and new immigrants, they still have a long way “combating suburbs” and “combating stereotypes”. It's definitely hard for Asian Americans to get through this process and make their American dreams come true.
If they don't try to fit in the mainstream culture, don't try to chase the American dreams, will they be happier and live more easier? Or, will they find new “American Dreams” which are more suitable for them during this process?
Yours, Fiona
Yours, Fiona
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