"Chinese?" "Americans."

There has never been a time when we Asian Americans need to stand up and prove who we are. We're going to stand up, reach out, vote, volunteer, help our neighbors, donate supplies, wear the Stars and Stripes, do everything we can to prove we're Americans .

Yang Anze wrote in an article in the Washington Post.

As soon as the article came out, it immediately aroused opposition from almost all Asian Americans, and some even said that this was the most united Asian American group.

But who is an American?

If someone has an American passport, he considers himself an American. Someone who recognizes American culture and values, does not have an American passport, but also considers himself an American. Some Americans have American passports, but yearn for the motherland they can't go back to. Can we say that he is an American? Those who think they are American, but have not yet obtained American status, are they considered American?

Once a person decides where he belongs, no one can stop him. Americans don't count when they get their citizenship card, but when they make up their minds to immigrate. Wherever you identify in your heart, you are who you are.

I went to school in Shenzhen from the first grade to the fourth grade of primary school, and spent the next nine years in Beijing, but I always stubbornly considered myself a Shenzhen native. Am I from Shenzhen? No, my parents are from the north. According to my ancestry, I am from Gansu. In terms of "where I grew up", I'm from Beijing. But I just think the flowers and plants in Shenzhen are so beautiful, the air in Shenzhen is so sweet, the summer in Shenzhen is so warm, and the people of Shenzhen are so lovely. If people like me were considered Beijingers, the people of Beijing would probably be very upset.

Shenzhen people are proud. On the far side of the ocean, when Chinese students gather together, they will inadvertently ask where they come from. At this time, I will say, I am from Beijing, because if I say Shenzhen, the other party will ask again, why did you study in high school in Beijing? So I had to retell my life story in its entirety. In order to avoid such trouble, I will say that I am from Beijing. But when I meet friends in Shenzhen, I often say, ah, what a coincidence, I am also from Shenzhen. The other party asked, yes, which school do you go to? I said, I was in high school in Beijing. What about junior high school? Also in Beijing. What about elementary school? After the third grade, still in Beijing. At this time, the way my friends in Shenzhen looked at me changed. Oh, so you are not from Shenzhen. Although he doesn't say it, I feel it. What's more, you will directly tell me that you are more inclined to Beijingers.

The people of Beijing are also proud, and I think the whole country agrees with this. The uncle of the convenience store believes that anyone outside the third ring road is a foreigner. Outside the third ring road is about equal to his alley. Overseas, when I meet friends in Beijing, I will say that I went to high school in Beijing, but I am from Shenzhen. So he asked me, so, where did you go to junior high school? Beijing. What about elementary school? After the fourth grade, it was still Beijing. So my friends in Beijing looked at me differently, but I didn't know how he looked at me.

Probably because of the way we look at Yang Anze.

He is obviously a yellow race, and instead of seeking welfare for the Chinese compatriots, he appeals to the Western media for Asians to show their loyalty to the United States. shameless!

But are the Chinese his countrymen? no. Yang Anze was born in the United States, grew up in the United States, married an American, worked in the United States, gave birth to two sons in the United States, and even ran for president of the United States. Such people are not Americans, are they Chinese? However, many people seem to be unable to distinguish the concepts of Chinese descent and overseas Chinese. People seem to think that people with yellow skin and black hair are Chinese, or at least have a favorable opinion of China, just as I insist that I am from Shenzhen.

But the "yellow race" is the nightmare of all Chinese since childhood.

Like other Americans, they love the Stars and Stripes, love democracy and freedom, and are proud of their homeland. But some unreasonable white people can't understand why this small group of yellow people who are completely different from our culture, blood, (European) origin are also Americans, just like they can't understand why the land of the red people does not belong to the white people . So Yang Anze grew up in strange eyes. He was admitted to the university, entered the society, and everything went smoothly. He thought that he had let go of the package brought by his skin color, but he was wrong. All illusions were shattered by an epidemic, which happened to "come from China".

Yang Anze began to think, what should he do so that Americans can accept him? Years of business experience have brought him a slick personality. He didn't want to offend anyone. He believes the problem can be solved without stinging the culprit. So instead of changing the discriminator, he asked the discriminated to "put on the Stars and Stripes and prove themselves."

Did Yang Anze do something wrong? He only did one thing wrong, which was to allow the oppressed to submit and accept unjustified accusations.

He was on the right track, he just had a problem with his approach.