dinner and reception with Apolo & Yuki

[CrimsonAngel]

californiagrown said:

thats probably one of the coolest things about u i must say

Thanks Cali, you say the nicest things about me

Gracias chicana

[californiagrown]

denada chika

its always funny when people get confronted with people who dont fit into stareo types
i saw this realy great movie called promises its about Palistinian and Israeli kids. and this one palistine kid goes i never want to meet a jew they are the worst people in the whole world, and then hes friend tells him that he, the friend, is in fact jewish. the kid denied it at first, and then said well maybe then all jews arnt bad

it was realy amazing srry tangent im tired got a test tmro and a term paper and chem lab soon

ttuall in the Pm tmro

[CrimsonAngel]

Buena Suerte Manana!

Yo voy hablar manana, ya me voy!

[jay]

Hey AAO i'm asian too....i live in Malaysia in Southeast of Asia....i just know three languages ; Malay, English and Arabic....to me being whether Asian, European, American etc doesn't even matter....that matters to me is that people understand other races or religions....i mean they don't discriminate other races or religions just because they're different....

[amyurban]

Here, here, Jay.

See, I had a problem growing up "Hispanic American" because my mothers side of the family who is "European-white" and my father's side, which is the "Mexican's", NEITHER side of the family liked that my mom married a Mexican and my dad's family was NOT happy he married a white woman. So me and my siblings were "d**ned if we didn't and d**ned if we did" either way for a LONG time from both families. Hard way to grow up.

But my parents were divorced when I was 6, so of course, I clung to my white roots more and was pretty ashamed for a LONG time of my Mexican one's. It took me a very long time to get over that and to come to terms as to being proud of who and what I am, regardless. So in my life, I seem to be alot more accepting of people who are bi-racial or just from other countries or what-not because even though I was born here in America, just being "bi-racial" in my own family was a bad thing ( or so I was taught to believe, out of stupidity, ignorance and bigotry ).

Prejudice in any form is bad.

[Krysten]

Hey guys.
When is the reception again???

[californiagrown]

June 4th and krys not to be harsh here just go read the first post save us some space here

[jay]

i really don't understand why people need to be ashamed of what they are.....i mean where they're come from.....people shouldn't discriminate other ethnicities just because they're totally different from each other.....and people shouldn't hate themselves just because they're different from other.....well let me tell ya i little thing....nobody got the same thing as anybody....

[amyurban]

Oh, I hear ya Jay but it does happen. And no, now I am not ashamed but when you grow up being bashed by BOTH sides of your parents family for a LONG, LONG time, you can't help BUT grow up a first feeling that way. It's inevitable.

Besides...America IS the GREAT melting pot. I don't know too many people that can say they are 100% ANYTHING, know what I mean? So what's the BIG deal?

[CrimsonAngel]

Well Jay it depends. When I was young, I used to be ashamed of being dark-skinned because in my culture, light skin was the thing.

Now, I am no longer ashamed, I have beautiful brown skin, great hair, killer legs and a butt that Apolo himself would steal for

Okay, okay I'm being silly. But my real point is that sometimes people are ashamed of where they come from or who they are is because they are made to feel that way, or that other people tell them that who they are or where they come from is bad.

[apolosgal]

I think all ethnicities are great, and people should be proud to be who they are. Everyone is beautiful in their own special way.

[CrimsonAngel]

apolosgal said:

I think all ethnicities are great, and people should be proud to be who they are. Everyone is beautiful in their own special way.

Apolosgal is such a sweetie

[apolosgal]

O thnx Crims!!

[Shelby]

apolosgal said:

I think all ethnicities are great, and people should be proud to be who they are. Everyone is beautiful in their own special way.

I agree. It has taken me awhile to embrace my roots as well but now that I am older and in my late 20s I am proud of my heritage. My father is from Russia and my Russian family emigrated here later so they speak very little English so growing up one of my neighbors would spy on us and tell our other neighbors that my father worked for the KGB and that we were communists. (It was the 80s and during cold war stuff.) On the opposite end my mother is Mexican and French and growing up I would never say that I was Mexican. It is so silly now because I see what beautiful cultures that I come from and embrace them all and I am so thankful for my Latina genes because I can get a great tan unlike my Russian side. Basically, I feel that I am an American because in America we are all not 100% anything (or rarely we are). It is nice to see that other people at times in their lives felt in similar ways to me.

[CrimsonAngel]

Hey Shelby, you know Jessica Alba is Mexican and French Canadian!! She's also part Danish too!!! Well her mom is

I think that it is cool to embrace all races and cultures, sometimes people make it hard to do that because of being racist or prejudice!!

I always am experiencing some form of racism because of my culture, makes me sick