Friday, December 5, 2008

What happened to Assimilation?

When I go out and mingle, or I'm in any public setting, (like parties or get togethers) I try my hardest to make no one feel left out- even though its not my party. I'm not judgemental, and I don't make fun of people because of appearance or disabilities. It is common courtesy that when you are talking in a group of people your not supposed to speak a different language if there are people standing there that might not understand. Myself and many others are known as the "Americanzied", raised in the USA, no detectable accent, and able to make friends with any race, and our parents won't yell. I've been to a significant amount of parties all very different and always very diverse. But, for some reason whenever I step into a party that contains about 98% Asians, I ALWAYS feel left out. I've observed that they are very closed to their own group of friends, and its very hard to feel welcome when all they talk about is Jenny from summer camp in '06. Even though you try to change the subject and talk about yourself or get to know others in the group, they all cut you off and eventually ignore you after they bring up another person that did something stupid and funny last semester. I just feel as though theres never any interest to open up or get to know someone new. Is this just not my scene? But, I've known quite a few people who agree with the vibes they get at these kinds of parties or get-togethers. Maybe someone has ideas as to why these vibes are present?

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