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I feel like we have come to a point in the cultural development where race has become a blended reality because many families encompass many cultures. My family has Chinese American, South American, Jewish and pioneer~Oregon Trail~ Pacific Northwestern.

At holidays, our family spent time sharing our time together and we do not discuss ethnic identities and yet we all learned more about our cultures. We did not need terms to define ourselves.

And yet in smaller communities like Eugene, many people and especially children need terms like 'Asian American' so that they can define themselves. I can really identify with the statements made about 'feeling uncomfortable'.I am writing from Eugene, Oregon. I grew up here. I feel that events like the film festival in Eugene are still very important because our community here is still way too monoculutral. And children and individuals feel a great deal of pressure sometimes educating those unfamilar with their culture. It can be a lot of pressure to 'the only one' who must represent an entire cultural identity.

posted 5 years ago
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