I think the status of Asians as the not-quite-minority is really weird! I didn't think it was weird until I moved back to Australia as an adult. In the area of southern California I went to high school in, Asian kids did seem to be in that not-quite-minority group (I guess like Jewish kids used to be, or possibly still are?), but down here, Asians are definitely minority. Maybe because most of the Asians at my high school were middle class + with mostly professional parents and accents more American than mine was, and that's not necessarily true here?
It's interesting to see how that perception works with self-perception on the part of people like ladyagnew, as I did realise (once I thought about it at all) that it was probably different for people who were Asian in those areas, but couldn't imagine how and wouldn't know how to ask.
(By the way, I'm not entirely sure how I got here, but very interesting discussions. :))
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Sat, Jun. 3rd, 2006 09:30 am (UTC)I didn't think it was weird until I moved back to Australia as an adult. In the area of southern California I went to high school in, Asian kids did seem to be in that not-quite-minority group (I guess like Jewish kids used to be, or possibly still are?), but down here, Asians are definitely minority. Maybe because most of the Asians at my high school were middle class + with mostly professional parents and accents more American than mine was, and that's not necessarily true here?
It's interesting to see how that perception works with self-perception on the part of people like
(By the way, I'm not entirely sure how I got here, but very interesting discussions. :))