![]() Then there's the Asian American boy, born and raised in America, whom Jin represents. Wei-Chen is clearly foreign and different from all the American boys who run around in non-descript tees and jeans. For his part, Wei-Chen represents the full-on "F.O.B." Asian, new to America with his high-water sweatpants, "Robot Happy" t-shirt, glasses, and heavily accented, broken English (2.62). Sound familiar? In American Born Chinese, we see both groups represented by Jin and Wei-Chen. ![]() I remember very distinctly feeling like we wanted people to know that we were two distinct groups.( Source) And then this other group came when they were much older, and they usually spoke in Chinese or Korean. ![]() The one I was a part of, were either born in the states or came when we were really young, and we felt more comfortable speaking in English than in our native tongue. In my class were two groups of Asian boys, two cliques. For this one we're going straight to the author, who said: ![]()
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