Comments on: Wai Guo Ren http://simpsonsparadox.com/2006/09/wai-guo-ren.html Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:37:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: acidelic http://simpsonsparadox.com/2006/09/wai-guo-ren.html/comment-page-1#comment-471 acidelic Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:53:00 +0000 http://simpsonsparadox.com/?p=313#comment-471 @anonymous<br/><br/>The funny thing is that I find myself rooting for China right along with her. Maybe being Chinese is adictive. I eat Chinese food (not fast food, but food my wife ate in China) for almost every meal, I'm self teaching myself Mandarin and now I'm rooting for China in atheletic competitions. It's either addictive or she is slowly changing me. No complaints from me. @anonymous

The funny thing is that I find myself rooting for China right along with her. Maybe being Chinese is adictive. I eat Chinese food (not fast food, but food my wife ate in China) for almost every meal, I’m self teaching myself Mandarin and now I’m rooting for China in atheletic competitions. It’s either addictive or she is slowly changing me. No complaints from me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://simpsonsparadox.com/2006/09/wai-guo-ren.html/comment-page-1#comment-468 Anonymous Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:02:00 +0000 http://simpsonsparadox.com/?p=313#comment-468 Acidelic, I came to the US when I was 3 and now I'm 20 and I still think of myself as Chinese and root for the Chinese Olympics team versus the US. Maybe if I was from a country that doesn't get gold medals, but we kicked ass last time (32 golds vs 35 US) and we'll do even better this time.<br/><br/>Why? I don't know. Probably because Americans keep asking Asian people where they're from even if they have no accent whatsoever. And the lower class Americans just assume you're Chinese. Acidelic, I came to the US when I was 3 and now I’m 20 and I still think of myself as Chinese and root for the Chinese Olympics team versus the US. Maybe if I was from a country that doesn’t get gold medals, but we kicked ass last time (32 golds vs 35 US) and we’ll do even better this time.

Why? I don’t know. Probably because Americans keep asking Asian people where they’re from even if they have no accent whatsoever. And the lower class Americans just assume you’re Chinese.

]]> By: acidelic http://simpsonsparadox.com/2006/09/wai-guo-ren.html/comment-page-1#comment-457 acidelic Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:24:00 +0000 http://simpsonsparadox.com/?p=313#comment-457 My wife has been in the US longer (16 years) than she was in China (14 years) and to this day she still thinks of herself as a Chinese citizen even though she was naturalized to the US.<br/><br/>Watching the Olympics is always fun. She say things like, "Did you see how well we did today in this sport? We kicked some ass! China won" this and that. The only time she cheers for US athletes is when China isn't competing against them. There is no question where her loyalties lie when it's China vs. US. My wife has been in the US longer (16 years) than she was in China (14 years) and to this day she still thinks of herself as a Chinese citizen even though she was naturalized to the US.

Watching the Olympics is always fun. She say things like, “Did you see how well we did today in this sport? We kicked some ass! China won” this and that. The only time she cheers for US athletes is when China isn’t competing against them. There is no question where her loyalties lie when it’s China vs. US.

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