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I knew I was Chinese, but growing up, it never occurred to me that that had any particular implication or that it should differentiate me in any way. I thought it was a minor detail, like having red hair.

— David Henry Hwang

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm slowly feeling more Chinese and feel I should be more proud of being Chinese and appreciate where I've come from.

— Patrick Chan

I am Chinese - it doesn't matter what other people say.

— Gong Li

Sometimes I read that I'm not 100 per cent Chinese, because I don't look all that Chinese. That's a strange one - I am Chinese.

— Godfrey Gao

In my school days, everyone thought I'm too tall for a Chinese girl.

— Liu Wen

At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional confusion with my mother related to our different beliefs. Hers was based in family history, which I didn't know anything about. I always felt hesitant in talking about Chinese culture and American culture.

— Amy Tan

Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.

— Patrick Chan

I would not call my family 'traditional Chinese.' We were more what I would term the Colonial Chinese.

— Kevin Kwan

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

— Maya Lin

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

— Charles de Lint

I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture.

— Amy Tan