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I am a chinese Malaysian female. I am extremely proud of my heritage, being chinese and also Malaysian. I am married and have been with my then British boyfriend, now husband, for eleven years and we now have a 2 year old little girl. Both my husband and I work within the London investment banking world. The UK is now my home but I do still feel like an outsider, mainly because I am constantly treated as one. On one hand, I suppose I am one of the lucky ones, unlike Steve Palmer's wife Carolynne who is unable to speak Cantonese. I can speak fluent Cantonese but the chinese community here in London still regard chinese Malaysians as not being "chinese enough" as some of our Cantonese are heavily influenced by Malay words. Everyday in my working life I am constantly having to work twice as hard to prove myself not only as a female working in a very male orientated world but also as a non-white. I even have people sometimes that speak patronisingly to me even though I speak fluent English and have been educated here. These people that are racially biased are not culturally constipated, but are highly paid and highly educated. What a shame really. Many times my husband and I have been stared at, whites have called me "Ching", and now they call my little girl a "Ching Chong", therefore, I do not agree with Mr Palmer's comments about the English being more tolerant. I have received abuse from both the chinese Hong Kong community here and from the English themselves. Both my husband and I will continue to bring up our little girl as an English Oriental whereby, she will have the best of both worlds, linguistically and culturally. I speak to her in Cantonese at home and she will speak English at the nursery school that she goes to. What a shame that both the English and chinese community here are not that open minded. Read Steve Palmer's comments on this subject. |
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