Week 1- Venice Santos

Asians are seen to be "one element in the global scattering of peoples of Asian origins" but yet Asian Americans are still seen as a minority. I believe this is due to not only the scatter of people, but the scatter of ideas, beliefs, culture, and traditions within the Asian community. Don't get me wrong there are many different peoples within the overarching label of being Asian, but I think our differences rather than viewing our similarities is causing us to be too widespread. There are so many identities ranging of cultural to sexual and personal identity that it makes it harder for people to connect to the core history of what makes us Asian. It is difficult to claim a country when you know so little about it. While searching for this image a tweet was posted saying "My life is a never-ending identity crisis." Why is this? If we were more connected as a people would we not have this identity crisis problem? What is the solution and where do we go from here?

https://twitter.com/halfasianprobs/status/399207241615568898

Wong, Sau-Ling C. "Denationalization Reconsidered: Asian American Cultural Criticism at a Theoretical Crossroads"