I am an American born first-generation Japanese. My early childhood was spent in a black neighborhood, and my adolesence in white suburbia. I do not know my native tongue fluently, although every day I wish that I had been taught as a child. I would like to know the opinions of others who were born into two cultures, two distinct ethnicities, two different societies.
I've always felt out of place, neither American (because, to my American peers I am Japanese, or I am Asian, or worse yet I am part of that obscure race that encompasses misconstrued "Geisha-girls" "Dragon-ladies" and Suzie Wong-types). Similarily, to the Japanese (not the Japanese American) I am an American. And woe...to be an American.
So, I'd really like to hear the opinions of others, or perhaps their stories...and, to quote one of the reviews from Dreams from my Father (Barack Obama)

“Provocative . . . Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither.”
New York Times Book Review

terellowens

well this is old but id like to bring it up again

I was born in the UK

lived in Nigeria for 4 years
then moved back to the UK for 4 years then
lived in italy for 1 yr
live in Ethiopia for 4 years
and now back in the uk for nearly 5 years

I am almost 18 and the mix of cultures is weird when I was younger it was all normal as I just went to school etc and had friends who were as well off as me etc and I didn't know of any better 1999-2003

then when I moved back to the uk all was the same really other than obviously my surroundings made friends apart from this time it was not only school and thier house to hang out I could go to town etc which there was no opporunity for in Africa so more chances to go out always good


yeah I dont make alot of sense buts its nearly 1:30 am here :P