evening to all of you. i hope that your week has been lovely. mine has, albeit a lost diary.
i was travelling to my jazz gig tonight when the thought occured to me that people don't label me as "asian" as such. I'm not saying this is a bad thing; in fact, i think it is wonderful that i have formed a sense of identity that cannot be identified by a particular race's behaviour.
although, like many asians, i like organisation, and that can make me a bit of a control freak sometimes.
i feel that stereotypes in society are necessary to an extent. It's natural for the mind to associate a person's behaviour with a skin colour, a generalisation etc. what i think should be explored more often, however, is the formation of an undefinable and idiosyncratic identity. it's a fairly left wing idea (as are many of my ideas), but i get disheartened sometimes when people conform to what they think seems "cool", eg the jock culture in Australia and the notions of drinking and bj's and 'tits out for the boys' are just not "cool". It just leads to a path of social confusion, erosion of morals and a ignorant perspective of life.
i'm christian
i like metal
i'm straight edge (until i'm 18 for now (unless mitigating circumstances like the formal forces me to drink))
i'm of asian descent
i play guitar
i do no sciences
i want to be a rock star.
i love my family and friends so much that it's given me the trait of being self effacing.
people think i'm a banana, yellow on the outside and white on the inside. i prefer to think of myself as an apple. bite me.
Asian
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