What Kind of Style is That?

Why do you have to be called Asian-American? Can’t you be just plain American without the slash American label. You know, Dave works here and he’s just like us. Who is Dave? Don’t you know who he is? He’s the Japanese guy in Accounting.

Asian Family Structure

The structure is similar to the game of chess. Dad is the king. Mom is the queen who controls the board in the family.

Ricky’s Parents

Asian parents are not physically domineering. So, how can they have discipline from their children.

These proprietors of obedience become cute when they get older. So, their kids don’t want to be seen as a bully when they’re around fragile elderly people.

When my parents don’t know something, there is pressure that I have to know the answer. That is why I’m going to school. I will have to know the textbook answers to any problems.

Growing Up of Asian Ancestry

Ricky believed the myth that the more slant in your eyelids, the smarter you will be. He has rounder eyes. Ricky was the dumbest guy in the smart class, but the smartest in the dumb class. His classes with the school’s intelligent students didn’t help his G.P.A.

Ricky wasn’t popular in high school. Because looking older was cooler in that setting. Younger looking people are supposed do better later in life.

If you’re Asian and popular in high school because of your looks, chances are that you won’t be winning any academic awards. Good looks can make you a slacker.

You’re not Asian when school is going to be fun.

I’m not supposed to have a girlfriend in high school. That rule of thumb didn’t make any difference as to why I didn’t have any girlfriends.

Your hairstyle can be considered a disgrace to the family.

The Joy Luck Weigh-in

She would be Americanized when her mother will nag to her daughter about her weight.

In high school, where the Asians are nerdy and the whites are gawky. They’re our future bosses.

JAP- (Japanese American Princess) You’re a daughter of professional parents.

Why aren’t you in the smart class when you’re Asian? Is there something wrong with you? The look of fear on my face when a group of Asian teenagers are loitering around the classroom after the science club meeting. I have to walk the other way and not run into them ruffians.

You grew up with the expensive clear soap in the bathroom, which you’re not supposed to use. Don’t play with your guy friends after using that soap, because you don’t smell like a boy.

In a Non-speaking Role

When a television show has a scene in an Asian town, which is located in an urban city. I look for Asian faces in the background and wonder. They choose a career as being walk-on actors. What will their

parents think about that choice of profession?

Talkin’

Ricky has the shyness of a local guy. We speak in a "mumble, mumble" manner. This isn’t a skill you want to have if you want to go into a field of public speaking.

Two Wongs Make a Right

You would think that a local guy name Wong wouldn’t be so tall. In Hawaii, he’s probably of mixed race, because the kid is over 6 feet tall.

Tone Loud

Is your Asian girlfriend a smoker or a Korean? Unfortunately, the transition from speaking Korean into English makes it sound as if you’re scolding the person in which you’re engaged in conversation. That causes a misunderstanding with Korean grocers who seem as if they’re yelling at you.

Patronizing

Ricky had a Chinese ex-girlfriend. He just wanted to make her mad at him, so that she could yell at him

in Chinese. No matter what she yells, it still sounds cute.