<p>Chinese</p>
<p>best: I'm guaranteed something good to eat for dinner (if not a little weird at times).</p>
<p>worst: high expectations (become a doctor, etc). though I have to say I don't feel pressured at all by my parents. I just do what I have to do when I have to do it and they dont bother me. I know high pressure isnt just limited to kids with Asian parents, but yeah.</p>
<p>haha I’m also Chinese. I think the best would be the food, yes and the culture is overall very interesting. But the worst is when people expect me to do extremely well in school and often associate my academic strengths with math and science and give me an extra accolade when they think I’m quiet, extra calm, and hard working (meaning having no social life and studying every single hour of the day). Not that being quiet or hard working is wrong or negative in any way but I’m just so tired that this image often comes up, especially among Chinese people I know; it’s worst when your parents use it to lie to others about how good and inauthentic you are. </p>
<p>Truth is, I’m strong mostly in the humanities and arts and I certainly talk a lot and often loudly during arguments and debates (which I love).</p>
<p>Um, I’m Irish/German/French-Canadian/Scandinavian. I believe the Scandinavian part of me is a mixture of Norwegian and Swedish, but I don’t know for sure.</p>
<p>It’s nice to have a bit of diversity in me, despite being so painfully white- I like the irony. I don’t really identify with any culture, though. For instance, my mom’s father is Jewish by birth (he converted), but it’s hard to relate to any Jewish heritage I have when my father raised me as a strict Catholic. I don’t have any traditions associated with my background, and sometimes I think that’d be something neat to have.</p>
<p>actually i agree with dragon. if you’re Asian, people at my school expect you to know everything and be the best at everything. naturally you are a magnet for people who want to copy homework off of you. lol i’d say that is actually the worst part</p>
<p>I’m Indian.</p>
<p>Pros: The food and culture. People assume I’m smart so that’s good for my image.</p>
<p>Cons: People assume I’m a nerd without getting to know me.</p>
<p>I’m Moroccan/Puerto Rican</p>
<p>Pros: Everyone is like where the hell is Morocco, I eat good home cooked Spanish food
Cons: Everyone thinks I’m stupid and they think I can dance</p>
<p>Chinese</p>
<p>Pros: Culture in general is diverse and intensely interesting to study, food is great and diverse too XD It’s also nice to meet many different kinds of Chinese people from different areas and be able to see what kind of personalities and traits they have.</p>
<p>Cons: Chinese characters are so freaking hard to remember..sigh. I’ll just study more ahaha. Sometimes people (even other Asians) mistake me for being Taiwanese(dominant Chinese population at my school) instead of a Mainlander, but it’s not a big deal.</p>
<p>My mom and dad are very different and don’t push any type of pressure on me, because they already know that I put enough pressure on myself to do well. Because of that, I don’t have the normal cons it comes with being Asian.</p>
<p>samanthania - Morrocan? That’s awesome! And I know someone who’s Chinese/Puero-Rican - they call themselves “Puerto-Chino” ahaha.</p>
<p>I’m half white / half Indian-Burmese mix.</p>
<p>Pros: Permanent tan 
Cons: I get mistaken for every race from black to Chinese. Actually, I guess that’s also a pro.</p>
<p>Chinese…People have this insane belief that Azns know everything. That’s false. Whenever I go back to China to visit, all my relatives instantly judge me on my appearance and behavior. Ya, I don’t speak Chinese that fluently…but that doesn’t mean I’m an idiot. Ya, I’m tanner than most Chinese people…but that doesn’t mean I’m ugly. Serafina, you are so right, the Chinese language is insanely hard to remember. All those freaking characters!! I’d much rather stick with something simple…like English. </p>
<p>Pro: umm…Food is amazing. I love Chinese food yum yum.</p>
<p>I’m Irish, Scottish, English, Swedish, French(-Canadian, but we don’t mention that), and Lithuanian.</p>
<p>Pros: um, I have awesome natural red hair? Also, I can legitimately like Mamma Mia because “it’s in my blood.” Oh, and Northern European food is the best. Meat, potatoes, and fish? Yes please.</p>
<p>Cons: Sunburns. Lots and lots of sunburns.</p>
<p>Indian.</p>
<p>Best: Indian culture and philosophy</p>
<p>Worst: Indian food</p>
<p>Jewish</p>
<p>Best: Friends being amazed that there’s a Jew in their midst, Hanukkah :), unique culture, Bar Mitzvah</p>
<p>Worst: Yom Kippur, Passover</p>
<p>Filipino</p>
<p>Best: The culture is fun and unique and the food is great. Filipinos are great at dancing and/or performing music. We are also unique in our looks.</p>
<p>Worst: We’re short as hell and we’re probably the shortest of every ethnicity. I’m wishing that we will get taller with every generation.</p>
<p>I’m some random combination of Northern European descent. Most of my family has been in the US for two hundred years, so no one really knows the history anymore. I know some of my relatives came from Germany, but I have no idea where in Germany, since it happened so long ago. I also have quite a few ancestors from England, but again, I don’t know anything about them either.</p>
<p>Pros: I can go to Europe and blend in anywhere? I don’t know…</p>
<p>Cons: I don’t really have any special cultural quirks. I can’t go home to the old country, because there isn’t one.</p>
<p>Irish, Scottish, English</p>
<p>Best- Pretty blonde hair, blue eyes</p>
<p>Worst- I have personally been told (more than three times!!! By seperate people!!!) that I would have definitely been saved by the Nazis. Sort of an awkward ‘compliment’</p>
<p>Korean</p>
<p>Pros: Pop culture, food, the ease at which our language can be learned, communal unity (a lot of the Koreans across where I live know each other because most of us are all active within our church with our parents)</p>
<p>Cons: “You’re too light-skinned to look Chinese, but too pale to look Japanese…are you Malaysian?!” <– The lack of Korean identity among non-Korean people (because people are more familiar with Chinese/Japanese things here XD), academic pressure, Korean moms = crazy</p>
<p>Korean
Pro: Nothing at all, tasteful sustenance? </p>
<p>Con: Racism, academic pressure, more racism… Competition against other asians.</p>
<p>korean? easy to learn? lol</p>
<p>Korean is probably easy to learn if you’re Korean. I learned English with relative ease, because I grew up hearing only English.</p>
<p>australian/indian
pro: i can blend in wherever i go + permanent tan 
con: there are high expectations from my indian side and have to entertain about 10 + relatives when they visit…:/</p>