what should we do?

On July 10, 2016, we arrived in Chicago. When we breathed the first air of America, I realized that I had been in America,  the country which said that everyone should be equal,  the country which said that it is the most democratic country in the world, the country which said that it is the most powerful country in the world.

Before we came here, we have already known that the America is free, equal and democratic, the Americans are friendly, open, and forthright.

Living in America for nearly a month, either the downtown of Chicago or the small town like Oxford impressed us deeply. We experienced how friendly the Americans are, how creative their lives are in many aspects. But when we are thinking how to get involved in American society, a certain kind of anxiety and confusion arose in our minds. Today we are going to tell you four stories, which are picked up from our daily lives.

Look at the graph from the Internet done by Pew Research Center, saying about the proportion of Americans who have good feeling about Chinese. According to the data, more than half of Americans are unfavorable to Chinese.

Let’s see some comments below this research.

  

This guy said that he cannot come up with any reasons to like Chinese. And the other guy who is Chinese but grow up in America, said that people like people who are like themselves.

It seems difficult to change it, because we actually act not like an Americans.

When talking with Americans who suddenly laughs at some points, what should we do? (nearly half of American university students think Chinese boy is like a nerb )

When someone in the Lincoln Park pointed us and said that, fuck off Hongkong, what should we do?

When you hear someone said, I don’t like Chinese because they are rude, what should we do ?

Chinese and Americans are growing up in different culture background, speaking different language. When in America, we are curious about many things that are familiar to Americans, we sometimes are so careful about everything in America that we can not perform ourselves decently, we are anxious and try to understand what others say which make us uneasy, we sometimes ignore the rules and customs involuntary and act as if we are in China.

Is it wrong with some differences between Chinese and Americans? Absolutely not. not evidence advocates that which culture is better for human beings development. We need to respect the diversity of different culture, And do more to understand each other.