Explant
February 25, 2021, 2:07am
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Widi:
tando:
this post made me wonder the thread title question.
Taiwanese with dual citizenship or dual nationality from the western countries are westerners?
Kids between a westerner and a non westerner are westerners?
What if the parent with a western passport is an immigrant from a non western country?
Etc.
As mentioned in the other thread, I’m half German half Taiwanese, born and raised in Germany and do hold both passports. Even though it is mathematically not correct, I consider myself 100% German but also 100% Taiwanese, which makes me in my own sense a westerner as well as an Asian at the same time. I feel this way, because I have both cultures in me and consider both countries my home. Giving up one or the other would break my heart.
Nevertheless growing up as a mixed-race kid was sometimes not easy, because neither side really sees you as a native, which makes you basically a foreigner everywhere and you have a sense of not belonging. But when you get older things change and I started to realize that it is rather gift than a curse.
So for me, being a westerner isn’t limited to the appearance, growing up in a western country can also make you a westerner. But I see that many people, also taiwanese, think that westerners ought to have a certain physical appearance.
I thought germany doesnt allow dual citizenship with taiwan…?
This conversation reminds me of Obama. He is black. But actually he is half white. And back to my point, skin reactions to the sun are fucking retarded in classifying people in any meaningful way other than sun burn and skin cancer risks. People ought to really start growing up and stop playing first grade into retirement.