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It is where I was born and raise in. So I would answer where I was born, which is Malaysia.
If someone asked me
this question abroad, I wouldn't think it's weird, but if they keep asking me the same question, then I'm like
...what are doing?
In Malaysia, my identity is.. there are different races in Malaysia.
When you see someone in Malaysia, the person may seem like he
or she is Chinese, but their ancestors might of came from Thailand, Malaysia, or India.
For example, my grandma is from Xiānluó. She was one of the first few people to immigrate to Malaysia from Thailand.
My grandpa is Chinese. So I'm 1/4 Siamese , so I'm not completely Chinese. There's a lot of ethnic groups in Malaysia.
Everyone has different identities, they maybe mixed. You can't just label them as Malaysian or Chinese. You can just say a person from Malaysia.
Identity, everyone has a different identity. There are different types of ethnicities. Some people maybe mixed.
For example, I'm from Malaysia, and I'm Chinese. Some people are not only Chinese. Just saying Chinese, there different types Chinese people. Identity is very complicated.
I think your birth place is how you identity yourself. My grandparents are Chinese, but I was born in Thailand. I
My grandparents are Chinese, but I was born in Thailand. I
wouldn't say that I am Chinese, I will just simply say I am Thai. In Thailand, there's
no labeling. The descedants of Chinese people who are born in Thailand, they would answer that they are from Thai.
When people know that I am from Malaysia, they would say, Malaysians can speak Chinese?!
I answer: Of course, we speak a lot of languages like, Malay, Chinese, and English. Malaysians
can speak different languages, don't think it's weird. If you know a person from Malaysia,
you would understand this problem.
People would ask me If my family owns an elephant.
I was like, Why would you ask me this question? What time period are we in?! They assume that
every family has an elephant. People would ask me, If I take the elephant to school?
In my mind, Are you crazy?! This is impossible! If I did own an elephant that means that my
family is rich! So please do not ask me this question! Okay?!
When people ask me where I am from? I say: Malaysia. They would say: Why do you speak Chinese?
They didn't know that I learned Chinese since I was a kid.
The Chinese people in other places maybe their Chinese is not that great.. I don't know..
But I think this is my mother tongue. This is a language I spoke growing up. That's probably a little rude saying that, but I think it's okay.
Someone probably asked me, Why am I that dark? Why
can you speak so many languages? This is my country's culture, so there's no reason. I'm
like this, this is who I am. Like how Americans are just Americans and Africans are just Africans.
In France, there are people that are White, Asian, Black, different people....Summary
of what my friend is saying: Since they are born and raised there, they are French, skin.. color does not matter.
Chinese is everywhere, so just because I'm from Malaysia do not
assume that I can't speak Chinese, and can only speak Mayla.
Has to be dark, being dark skinned doesn't mean anything. Maybe it's because I like to tan.
There's a lot of light skinned Chinese people in Malaysia.