Reddit reviews The Philippines Reader: A History of Colonialism, Neocolonialism, Dictatorship, and Resistance

Being white and asian, I'd say whats helped me with identity issues the MOST is expertly knowing the history of the places my ancestors came from. Language was good too but in my area, schools for both my sides' language were readily available. My white half was super connected with the old country still and asian half was born in the old country, so that's why I learned both - grateful I did. Im actually reading this book right now on the Philippines. HIGHLY recommended to learn the REAL history of what America did over there with primary documents! Surprise - its pretty racist. http://www.amazon.com/The-Philippines-Reader-Neocolonialism-Dictatorship/dp/089608275X

But if you're insisting the kid learn Tagalog and not, for example, German or Swedish (or whatever you're descended from) then that's kind of racist b/c you're saying when you're Asian American, you're not 100% American, so you should know the language of your REAL home.

And that kind of IS how America is for Asian people (so you're excused for wanting your kid to be fully accepted while living in this racist system) - Asian Americans, if they don't speak their "native" language are given shit by some of their fellow Asian Americans and fellow non Asian Americans, and from both its kind of BS. White Americans arent shamed for not speaking German or Gaelic. English is ENOUGH because they're All-American. End rant on hyphenated Americans being held to a different standard