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Label is thought to be an easy way to show commonality and mark differences<\/strong>; however, race and identity can be such complex concept that ethnic labels often take on a life of their own. \u00a0When discussing any specific ethnic group’s experience in the United States, the stigma of labels, oftentimes derived from “stereotypes” and expressed in “derogatory” terms, has long been a part of the minority populace’s stories\u00a0. To the bystanders, such labels may seem harmless or even funny. To those who live with them, these labels can be reminders of a painful history–the struggle for citizenship, social justice, political participation, and full recognition–that this country has yet to overcome completely.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#e2e2e2″ custom_padding=”|15px||15px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]Caroline Ticarro-Parker\u00a0<\/strong>– “There’s certain… hot topic, like if someone calls me Oriental, I think ‘I’m not a rug. I’m not Oriental.'”<\/p>\n Naomi Munggai –\u00a0<\/strong>“We’re called Asian-American, that-American, Mexican-American, whatever-American. Is that really necessary? … Why do you have to hyphenate that? Why can’t you just say you’re an American?”<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#e2e2e2″ custom_padding=”|15px||15px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pei Yang<\/strong> – “If you want people to respect you, you yourself must give them a reason to respect you. You should do something that deserves their respect, do something that merits such esteem.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/4rHSVGT00-k” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|15px||15px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/gPZw_RCPwC8″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Label is thought to be an easy way to show commonality and mark differences; however, race and identity can be such complex concept that ethnic labels often take on a life of their own. \u00a0When discussing any specific ethnic group’s experience in the United States, the stigma of labels, oftentimes derived from “stereotypes” and expressed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":850,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-502","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/850"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1726,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502\/revisions\/1726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n\t\t\t\t\tCaroline Ticarro-Parker Transcription<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t
But, you know, there\u2019s certain, what do you call it… hot topics, like if someone calls me Oriental, I think \u201cI\u2019m not a rug. I\u2019m not Oriental.” Or if someone says I\u2019m Chinese I usually correct them and say \u201cI, I\u2019m actually Vietnamese, Cambodian, French if you really want to know. But I\u2019m not Chinese.\u201d But, yeah, if it\u2019s intentional, certainly I\u2019ll say something. But if it\u2019s because, said out of pure ignorance because they don\u2019t know… then.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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I\u2019m not even sure I am Oriental because I am from Southeast Asia. So, do you call me Oriental? Where is Oriental? Orient is that way. I will, I will not get mad if somebody called me that. But that is really the, the, the, the issue. Is that, where does Oriental stop and where does it begin? You go from Siberia all the way to Fiji, my bad, maybe not Fiji, New Guinea. Are these all people Oriental? I don\u2019t really know. But I, I don\u2019t mind if somebody called me Oriental. Hey, I\u2019ll accept that. I\u2019ll say \u201cYeah, OK, just call me anything you want. I, I\u2019m fine with it.\u201d You see the thing is I\u2019m comfortable. I\u2019m comfortable where I came from, I’m comfortable with who I am. You give, you label me anything it doesn\u2019t really bother me. We just had this discussion the other day, with a couple friends. We’re called Asian-American, that-American, Mexican-American, whatever-American. Is that really necessary? I question, my friends, I say like \u201cWhy do you have to hyphenate that? Why can\u2019t you just say you\u2019re an American then?\u201d Then you say \u201cWell, but you look\u2026\u201d Well it, it doesn\u2019t matter because that\u2019s what you are. It\u2019s like us, Malaysians, when, when people say \u201cWho are you?\u201d well I guess we do the same thing too, now I think about it. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s very, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s necessary. But I think I understand there\u2019s some people who want to maintain that, you know, \u201cOh I\u2019m Asian. So, I, you have to call me Asian something. I\u2019m Asian. If you put me something else, then no, no, no, no I don\u2019t want that because I\u2019m Asian. So, it\u2019s probably partly because of us trying to hold onto our identity that that is, that is happening here. But is that necessary? I don\u2019t think so. Do you, do you think it\u2019s necessary? In a hundred years all the things will be gone.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\tPei Yang Transcription<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t
In the early days, when I came to America, now it\u2019s called \u201cAsian American,\u201d but… it was called… \u201cOriental,\u201d right, \u201cOriental.\u201d \u00a0They all said \u201cOriental\u201d was degrading; it was bad, whatever, or even insulting. To us, we actually came over here from the \u201cOrient.\u201d It\u2019s basically, this is possibly just a noun, a term. In case you want to say this term has some hidden meanings, oh Oriental not good, or Asian is more respectful. To me… If you want people to respect you, you yourself must give them a reason, so they can respect you. \u00a0You have to show… you should do something that deserves their respect; do something that merits such esteem.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAmeeta Sony –\u00a0<\/strong>“<\/span>I think people have kind of moved away from the word Oriental… I have a feeling it\u2019s not that proper anymore.<\/span>“<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\tAmeeta Sony Transcription<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t
I find the word Oriental, to me, for me, the word Oriental makes me think more of China, Japan, Korea. I don\u2019t know why, but that\u2019s my thinking. I think people don\u2019t use that as much as maybe before, the past. I think people have kind of moved away from the word Oriental. We still see maybe used in \u201cOriental Market\u201d or something. I have a feeling it\u2019s not that proper anymore because Asia, it\u2019s more than just those countries that I mentioned. And also, you know, when you talk about Asian you can see that there\u2019s Southeast Asia and then you have South Asia and so many other countries. I don\u2019t think the word Oriental encompasses all those countries. But like, when I introduce myself to people I would say, you know, I\u2019m from Thailand, but of Indian origin. I kind of make it very clear because I think I am Thai, I am Indian, and I am American. So I explain that.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n