Journal Entry 66: Real American :)

In the story "In Response to Executive Order 9066" by Dwight Okita, the speaker feels that she is a real American (although she is a real Japanese) because she says that she feels funny using chopsticks and her favorite food is hot dogs. She also mentioned that her best friend is a white girl named Denise (somehow I find that sort of racist of her to say because she states out the girl is "white"). The speaker was friends with the white girl although the white girl turned on her when the Japanese Americans became the enemies of Americans, so you can tell that this story is written in the World War II. I think the speaker includes these details probably because she really likes doing American things, I think she is also showing off and she wants be treated equally by the Americans so she calls herself a real American not a Japanese American. Although I think it is sort of lame of her to think herself as a real American just because she lives in America and she likes doing American things but she has Japanese blood so I think she can not go around saying to people that she is a real American. Well to prove that I am a real Taiwanese. I have Taiwanese blood, I live in Taiwan, I look Taiwanese, and I respect Taiwanese people (not like I am a racist asian person such as that weird author saying that she is a real American).