Choose Your Own Identity
Title
Choose Your Own Identity
Description
Bonnie Tsui in this essay in The New York Times Magazine describes her struggle to explain the concept of race vs. culture and heritage to her 5-year old son, triggered by his comment, "You're Chinese. I'm not. But I eat Chinese food." Tsui is a Chinese American married to an American white man of English-Dutch-Irish descent and this essay includes her reflections on the evolution of "white" as well as the HAPA project. Hapa was a previously derogatory term for mostly half-Asian peoples but has now been claimed by the group. In the end, Tsui concludes that the best parents can do is to listen to what/who their children tell them they are.
The HAPA Project is a long running multiracial identity project created by the artist Kip Fulbeck, http://kipfulbeck.com/the-hapa-project/
The HAPA Project is a long running multiracial identity project created by the artist Kip Fulbeck, http://kipfulbeck.com/the-hapa-project/
Creator
Bonnie Tsui
Date
December 14, 2015
Type
Text
Coverage
United States
Collection
Citation
Bonnie Tsui, “Choose Your Own Identity,” Antiracism Digital Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://sacred.omeka.net/items/show/135.
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