http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/excerpt-from-we-new-germans-a-858622.html
In this article about second-generation Germans, the magazine Spiegel investigates the mentality of immigrants who carry German passports but lack a sense of belonging with the country.
This question of one's identity has become prevalent in this time of globalization.
Perhaps this identity crisis is even more prevalent in the U.S., whose history of mass immigration can be dated way before Germany even started.
I myself am also a member of the league of identity crisis. Though both of my parents were born and raised in Taiwan, both of their families are essentially not Taiwanese in the traditional sense. As Taiwan is also an immigrant country(predominantly from China) just like that of the U.S. that can be traced back to hundred of years ago, my ancestry consists of Japanese, Indonesia, the Netherlands…etc. As growing up in different continents, one of the questions that I get the most is, "What are you?" As in the U.S., when I reply, "Taiwanese," people would automatically assume me as Chinese, which I am not. On the other hand, in my hometown Taiwan, many people would also automatically assumed I was a foreigner, and pick on my accent when I speak Chinese.
This article from Spiegel is an epitome of this ongoing global trend, in my opinion, a projection of the future of human race. Perhaps one day in the future, all of the countries will be united into one, and there will be less racial conflicts, since everyone will be somehow racially mixed.
This question of one's identity has become prevalent in this time of globalization.
Perhaps this identity crisis is even more prevalent in the U.S., whose history of mass immigration can be dated way before Germany even started.
I myself am also a member of the league of identity crisis. Though both of my parents were born and raised in Taiwan, both of their families are essentially not Taiwanese in the traditional sense. As Taiwan is also an immigrant country(predominantly from China) just like that of the U.S. that can be traced back to hundred of years ago, my ancestry consists of Japanese, Indonesia, the Netherlands…etc. As growing up in different continents, one of the questions that I get the most is, "What are you?" As in the U.S., when I reply, "Taiwanese," people would automatically assume me as Chinese, which I am not. On the other hand, in my hometown Taiwan, many people would also automatically assumed I was a foreigner, and pick on my accent when I speak Chinese.
This article from Spiegel is an epitome of this ongoing global trend, in my opinion, a projection of the future of human race. Perhaps one day in the future, all of the countries will be united into one, and there will be less racial conflicts, since everyone will be somehow racially mixed.
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