Culture Clash
Taien Ng and I both have similarities and differences in our stories.Both of our parents wanted us to do one thing and one thing only.While Taien Ng's mom wanted her to act more Christian and participate in things practiced in Christianity , which she learned about once she came to Canada.My parents wanted me to be fully immersed in my Sudanese-Muslim culture and religion , they didn't want me to become westernized.In the story you can see how Taien Ng doesn't feel connected to her asian culture.She says "It was Hong Kong, and not my mother,that made me realize I was Chinese".While for me , it was the opposite. I was surrounded by my culture because in Canada,my parents took me to the mosque every once in a while , and we listened
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After that , I didn't ask my mom to come in and volunteer for a while because I was embarrassed of the part of my culture she showed to my class.She had caused me to fall of the thin line I was walking in between Canadian and Sudanese. As I grew older I realized that I should embrace both cultures and not try to hide either.Taien and I both struggled of being children of immigrant parents , and were both trying to figure out how to incorporate both cultures into our life.She might have felt a little less Chinese , and I felt a little to much Sudanese but both of us are trying to embrace them.Instead of a culture clash , it's become more of a simultaneous mixture of