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Identity is such a fluid, relational, and contextual construction<\/strong> that pinning it down is extremely problematic, if not impossible. The majority of our storytellers were born in Asia or of Asian heritage, weathered through numerous stormy challenges, before eventually reestablished themselves in Northfield. They have lived in many different parts of the world and assumed many different social and cultural roles. A lot of them have difficulties describing their own personal identity when we spoke.\u00a0How they perceive themselves, and how others see them, is indeed a very complicated matter.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCaroline Ticarro-Parker<\/strong>\u00a0- \"I believe I still lack state identity, country identity... Knowing that I was one of four, three being my brothers, or maybe... two or three other people that were... of any color, not just Vietnamese, was always... a big deal.\"<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\tCaroline Ticarro-Parker Transcription<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\tUm, okay, so I\u2019m 43 years old and I believe I still lack state identity, country identity. I, growing up, as a kid I think you\u2019re pretty re-, much more resilient than you are as an adult. I think as a kid... it can be dramatic for a day, maybe an hour. I, I know bullying is real, I know it that happens today, I know it\u2019s much different today than it was when I was a kid. But I also remember walking away from things and saying you\u2019re just... pretty dumb, you know, and, and being okay with that. Knowing that I was one of four, three being my brothers, or maybe, you know, two or three other people that were, were of any color, not just Vietnamese was always, you know, a big deal. But I don\u2019t think, I think the stereotypes are the same. I think that how you treat people depending on your age is the same. I think now that I\u2019m older, I think that the challenge is harder because I don\u2019t feel that there is a home for me. My, my home is, well Minnesota is my home because my husband and my children live here. But, I wouldn\u2019t say that I\u2019m American. I certainly don\u2019t look American. Even now, being in the country for however long I\u2019ve been here, anyone is always surprised I can speak English. I think I speak English okay. Even though it\u2019s my second language. When I\u2019m in Vietnam I don\u2019t look Vietnamese so people don\u2019t assume I\u2019m Vietnamese, and so I feel like I have no home, even though I hold a US passport. Um...so I think that\u2019s more of trying to figure out what that identity is. <\/span>I identify myself as a strong feminist woman that\u2019s a... you know, trying to be a good role model and trying to make an impact on the world in my own way. But that\u2019s about it.<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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Identity is such a fluid, relational, and contextual construction<\/strong> that pinning it down is extremely problematic, if not impossible. The majority of our storytellers were born in Asia or of Asian heritage, weathered through numerous stormy challenges, before eventually reestablished themselves in Northfield. They have lived in many different parts of the world and assumed many different social and cultural roles. A lot of them have difficulties describing their own personal identity when we spoke.\u00a0How they perceive themselves, and how others see them, is indeed a very complicated matter.<\/p>\n \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Caroline Ticarro-Parker<\/strong>\u00a0- \"I believe I still lack state identity, country identity... Knowing that I was one of four, three being my brothers, or maybe... two or three other people that were... of any color, not just Vietnamese, was always... a big deal.\"<\/p>\nCaroline Ticarro-Parker Transcription<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t