Comments on: Ouch http://american-family.org/2006/12/17/two-in-one-day/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:57:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: American Family » Chinese School di san nian (year three?) http://american-family.org/2006/12/17/two-in-one-day/comment-page-1/#comment-94482 American Family » Chinese School di san nian (year three?) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:52:15 +0000 http://american-family.org/2006/12/17/two-in-one-day/#comment-94482 [...] plugin, but if you are interested here they are:  Chinese school year one posts: one, two, three, four, five and six. Chinese school year two posts: one, [...] [...] plugin, but if you are interested here they are:  Chinese school year one posts: one, two, three, four, five and six. Chinese school year two posts: one, [...]

]]> By: American Family » Figuring it out http://american-family.org/2006/12/17/two-in-one-day/comment-page-1/#comment-31428 American Family » Figuring it out Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:58:08 +0000 http://american-family.org/2006/12/17/two-in-one-day/#comment-31428 [...] Ever since the Chinese school incident M has been struggling to wrap her head around the idea of race.   While she seemed to have an ok understanding of skin color (people with dark skin, people with brown skin, people with light brown skin, people with pink skin), she is having a harder time with what “Chinese” looks like. [...] [...] Ever since the Chinese school incident M has been struggling to wrap her head around the idea of race.   While she seemed to have an ok understanding of skin color (people with dark skin, people with brown skin, people with light brown skin, people with pink skin), she is having a harder time with what “Chinese” looks like. [...]

]]> By: jen http://american-family.org/2006/12/17/two-in-one-day/comment-page-1/#comment-17074 jen Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:16:50 +0000 http://american-family.org/2006/12/17/two-in-one-day/#comment-17074 I get the same thing. I have one kid with a chinese face, pale white skin and blond hair and the other has black hair, tan skin, and very few chinese features. We lived in the very chinese Toronto and chinese folks comment endlessly about it. My own inlaws look at them with awe. I don't think its meant to be mean. Its a different culture. My MIL doesn't hesitate to ask me if I have diarrahea or to let me know I am fat. When my husband tries to explain that it isn't nice to point out that I am fat they say "what she doesn't know she is fat?" (note anyone over 95 lbs is fat to them). Just like they horrified when I wear shoes in my own house, drink water with my food, have the bottom of my foot facing toward them etc etc... its a cultural thing. In public I usually mention "WE speak CANTONESE" btw: so excited to see another wf/am family online. I get the same thing. I have one kid with a chinese face, pale white skin and blond hair and the other has black hair, tan skin, and very few chinese features. We lived in the very chinese Toronto and chinese folks comment endlessly about it. My own inlaws look at them with awe. I don’t think its meant to be mean. Its a different culture. My MIL doesn’t hesitate to ask me if I have diarrahea or to let me know I am fat. When my husband tries to explain that it isn’t nice to point out that I am fat they say “what she doesn’t know she is fat?” (note anyone over 95 lbs is fat to them). Just like they horrified when I wear shoes in my own house, drink water with my food, have the bottom of my foot facing toward them etc etc… its a cultural thing.
In public I usually mention “WE speak CANTONESE”

btw: so excited to see another wf/am family online.

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