The main issue we are presenting in this blog is the seemingly anonymous way of living we are having in this genre. Some are, what we can coin, as 'in-betweens" -people wallowing in the recesses of their roots (various roots)....
Personally, I call myself as a Filipina, and yet, I'm also half Chinese and half Spanish by blood. With these ancestral hodgepodge, I was able to live and grow, pleasing every category, living each expectation from each culture and belief. We chose this topic to emphasize the brilliance of some literary minds and their stories that touches this multi-faceted denominator of life nowadays.
Personally, I call myself as a Filipina, and yet, I'm also half Chinese and half Spanish by blood. With these ancestral hodgepodge, I was able to live and grow, pleasing every category, living each expectation from each culture and belief. We chose this topic to emphasize the brilliance of some literary minds and their stories that touches this multi-faceted denominator of life nowadays.
2 comments:
Hi there, Bernecia from Monica's group here! I can relate to the hyphenated life. I myself am of mixed heritage by blood. My parents both are from Guyana, South America, although describing my heritage as Guyanese seems to be an inadequate way of explaining who I am in terms of race. I can relate very easily to the whole idea of the Hyphenated Life, and I love how our short stories, such as "Broken Teeth," demonstrate the gap between the first generation Canadians and the previous generation. Personally, I think because of the amazing diversity Canada contains within its borders, the cultural diverseness defines our national identity as Canadians.
Hi there, Bernecia from Monica's group here! I can relate to the hyphenated life. I myself am of mixed heritage by blood. My parents both are from Guyana, South America, although describing my heritage as Guyanese seems to be an inadequate way of explaining who I am in terms of race. I can relate very easily to the whole idea of the Hyphenated Life, and I love how our short stories, such as "Broken Teeth," demonstrate the gap between the first generation Canadians and the previous generation. Personally, I think because of the amazing diversity Canada contains within its borders, the cultural diverseness defines our national identity as Canadians.
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