is it weird for someone to suddenly have a cultural enlightenment, where one just finds a sanctuary within his/her own culture to which he/she can relate? i have one of those.
i was born in japan, but i consider my home here, in california. of course, that is not to say i have completely abandoned what would be a huge chunk of my identity. my motherland is japan, my home is here. i still cheered for japan during the olympic games this year. i'm still a japanese citizen. i don't plan to lose that, either. this is not to say that ethnicity and culture have to be used as an excluding tool, where someone who is not of the same background is not worthy of someone's attention. but i'm also sure that everyone has found a comfort zone within the same ethnicity as their own.
if any of you have been checking my poetry site, you already know what i'm talking about. i've been writing in japanese lately. i've only been listening to japanese music for the past week or two (as one would find evident if he/she went to my quotes site), and it just makes me relate to my japanese heritage. i've always taken it for granted, whether it be for the better or for worse, i've known myself to be japanese. i remember when i was in elementary school, the only other black-haired kid was a chinese boy. i didn't feel excluded or anything; in fact, race or ethnicity was not a huge issue for me. i appreciate the diversity even more now (trust me; to be a resident advisor, you have to love diversity). and maybe that's why i appreciate my own culture, through respecting and accepting others' cultures.
name: mai sharona
birthday: december 5, 1984 (currently 20)
high school: canyon
college: uc davis
regiment: golden warrior
band-uh: up yooo!
email: water the flower
thought: listen and silent consist of the same letters.
