Comments on: That was fun. http://american-family.org/2006/09/04/that-was-fun/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:57:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emergency Code Whitey « American Family http://american-family.org/2006/09/04/that-was-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-261986 Emergency Code Whitey « American Family Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:20:09 +0000 http://american-family.org/2006/09/04/that-was-fun/#comment-261986 [...] Cold hard reality »    « That was fun. [...] [...] Cold hard reality »    « That was fun. [...]

]]> By: liz http://american-family.org/2006/09/04/that-was-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-3105 liz Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:50:27 +0000 http://american-family.org/2006/09/04/that-was-fun/#comment-3105 I read this when you first posted it and I keep coming back to it, wondering if we should be doing more to show Val both parts of her heritage. Living in the SF bay area, we have ample access to Asian foods and cultures, but it's true. We're kinda short on the honky culture I grew up with (not far from you, in UA, the hotbed of honkytown). We have some Polish traditions from my Grandma, but in the end, my family is pretty much just a bunch of generic white people. I guess we'll have to eat at Denny's more often so she knows my roots. But the truth is, we are an Asian-American family. The combination of those cultures is what we're made of and our daughter reflects that. I don't know why it should be any different for M or for kids from similarly-comprised families. I read this when you first posted it and I keep coming back to it, wondering if we should be doing more to show Val both parts of her heritage. Living in the SF bay area, we have ample access to Asian foods and cultures, but it’s true. We’re kinda short on the honky culture I grew up with (not far from you, in UA, the hotbed of honkytown).

We have some Polish traditions from my Grandma, but in the end, my family is pretty much just a bunch of generic white people. I guess we’ll have to eat at Denny’s more often so she knows my roots.

But the truth is, we are an Asian-American family. The combination of those cultures is what we’re made of and our daughter reflects that. I don’t know why it should be any different for M or for kids from similarly-comprised families.

]]> By: cagey333 http://american-family.org/2006/09/04/that-was-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-3087 cagey333 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 05:46:19 +0000 http://american-family.org/2006/09/04/that-was-fun/#comment-3087 GREAT post. I am a White Girl, but my husband is an Indian, of the Asian persuasion, if you will. In our house, we do loads of stuff Wrong or Right, depending upon how you look at it. We have a Christmas tree because we are Catholic, but we eat rice with our fingers. We don't eat Mac and Cheese. We have a curry plant in our kitchen and nary a juice box in our fridge. We don't wear shoes in the house. We only speak English, but use a mix of Hindi and Malayalem for much of the food we eat. Bah. I could go on and on, I guess I am just saying that you ARE an American Family, in all its beautiful incarnations. Hence, the title of this blog. In the end, all I care about is that my son has a mother and a father. Who are actually together (a rare find these days). Even if their fingernails are stained with turmeric. GREAT post. I am a White Girl, but my husband is an Indian, of the Asian persuasion, if you will. In our house, we do loads of stuff Wrong or Right, depending upon how you look at it. We have a Christmas tree because we are Catholic, but we eat rice with our fingers. We don’t eat Mac and Cheese. We have a curry plant in our kitchen and nary a juice box in our fridge. We don’t wear shoes in the house. We only speak English, but use a mix of Hindi and Malayalem for much of the food we eat. Bah. I could go on and on, I guess I am just saying that you ARE an American Family, in all its beautiful incarnations. Hence, the title of this blog.

In the end, all I care about is that my son has a mother and a father. Who are actually together (a rare find these days). Even if their fingernails are stained with turmeric.

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