So my parents are really americanized, how do i stop the haters?

[supadupac]

Honestly, my parents grew up with the same struggles during the war and everything and have been through a lot of shit and yeah and found what they like and stuck with it and changed.. and they are teaching their values to us.. to stick true to your heart and follow what you want with passion but take one step at a time.. my sister has a hard time speaking hmong but she can understand it fine.. let alone none of me or my siblings can really read hmong, probably i am the best and i cant read it that great..

it's not like i dont appreciate my culture and it's not like i disown it.. the elders in my family respeect my dad becuase they know how his life was and how things came to be..

honestly, i think me and my family appreciate our culture more then some of the ones born with the culture around them all the time

anyways, im sick of hearing people not calling me hmong.. take this episode of people calling Carloton not black enough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOY9CbIK9zk&t=2m10s

[DonJuan]

It's not what they think of you. It's what you think of yourself.

I dont read Hmong, don't speak it well, don't understand Hmong songs, have yet gone to a new year, have never dated a Hmong girl, don't have any Hmong friends, don't understand the words they say, the things they do.

[IB TIAM NEEJ]

How do you stop the haters? You don't. Just do your own thing.

[yajmafia]

Haters gonna hate bro!

My inlaws are americanized as well.  My wife can understand it, read some and speak some.  Not the best but enough to get the conversation going.  Her younger siblings under 12yrs (4 of em) dont understand it at all, but their english is pretty good.  Let them people hate.

We are in American, speak and live the american lifestyle.  Aint no shame in that.

[C@$H]

give them tons of C@$H, like the americans do...

[thehotone]

My cousins talk the talk but walk the walk! They are Americanized now and they don't go to Hmong eatings, newyears, festivals etc. nor do they speak the language anymore or eat rice with every meal anymore. Now, that's what I call Americans!

[thehotone]

supa.. do you your parents still eat rice? do they speak english at home only? How is their lifestyle like?

[supadupac]

supa.. do you your parents still eat rice? do they speak english at home only? How is their lifestyle like?

pho every week, rice constantly on, pepper is always made or avaialle..trus t me there's not short of hmong cooking.. boiled chicken every damn week too Lol.. but anyawys... yeah..

My cousins talk the talk but walk the walk! They are Americanized now and they don't go to Hmong eatings, newyears, festivals etc. nor do they speak the language anymore or eat rice with every meal anymore. Now, that's what I call Americans!

lol i think there's a line between americanized and having some respect too for our fellow culture.. i dont think i want to go away from the family gatherings though

Haters gonna hate bro!

My inlaws are americanized as well.  My wife can understand it, read some and speak some.  Not the best but enough to get the conversation going.  Her younger siblings under 12yrs (4 of em) dont understand it at all, but their english is pretty good.  Let them people hate.

We are in American, speak and live the american lifestyle.  Aint no shame in that.

word, proud to be hmong american

It's not what they think of you. It's what you think of yourself.

I dont read Hmong, don't speak it well, don't understand Hmong songs, have yet gone to a new year, have never dated a Hmong girl, don't have any Hmong friends, don't understand the words they say, the things they do.

yeah.. i agree.. lol..

[hmongperson]

Being Hmong has nothing to so with the way you speak, or the way you address. As long as you don't betray your race or denounce it then you are as Hmong. If literacy in Hmong was the test, then most younger people would fail.

[IB TIAM NEEJ]

Being Hmong has nothing to so with the way you speak, or the way you address. As long as you don't betray your race or denounce it then you are as Hmong. If literacy in Hmong was the test, then most younger people would fail.

Hey! 

[tetrapod]

Being hmong is being american. 

[yajmafia]

How do you explain that to the Hmoob in SE Asia?

Great question.

[MovKuam]

Speak English only and the individual is Americanized ?

[8v10un30sun]

Why do you give a flip about what people say?  Do they feed you, clothe you, put a roof over your head, give you an allowance???  What do these cats do for you that you should give a flipping care about what they say?  In my mind, every man has to be able to walk on his own two feet, fight his own battle with his mind, mouth, bare fist if required, and stand tall, whether he wins or lose.  So take it from me, ain't nobody give a shit about you, if you got nothing anyways because why?  These cats won't feed you, clothe you, put a roof over your head, give you and allowance when you are dead broke and that's the reality we live in.  So don't worry too much about what people think about you...LIFE YOUR LIFE THE WAY YOU WANT TO - that is AMERICA!

Then I got OGs saying then nobody will come to your funeral...real ly, when I'm dead they care...don't come if you didn't buy me a drink, give me a dollar, invite me to your crib, when I'm dead, I don't give a damn if you cried at my dead body which can't hear you no more...Love me now, and not later when it doesn't count anymore.

[population1]

to the op. so, you are saying you are being hated for your parents being americanized? or is it that you are the one americanized? it could all just be your way of thinking. american is not being americanized. american is only citizenship or a nationality. anyone is free to live his/her own culture, traditions, religion, etc. in America. but, if being americanized is still too much of a problem, then maybe that is unsuitable for you. take up something in the Asian culture more often; and make a hobby, interest, sport, education, passion, etc. out of it. as a token of appreciation and respect that you do acknowledge our culture and the like.