Cattie - not MY issues!

Ha, this time it's not MY issues I'm blogging about! xD I'm always blogging about my issues, aren't I. I really have to change that. Because not only is it incredibly negative, I can imagine how incredibly BORING it must be to read about the same woes over and over!

Anyways, this time I'm writing about a friend's serious issues, and boy, can I tell you, SHE HAS ISSUES. I'm SEROUS. They are SERIOUS ISSUES and I mean it xD

I KNOW she wasn't raised to believe that racist comments were acceptable in an American culture. I KNOW she wasn't raised that way. Apparently her "friends" encourage this kind of behavior. Last time I checked, real friends did not encourage their friend to believe they were racially inferior. Sure, she can say she's just joking around. But since when was it considered mentally healthy to consider yourself racially BENEATH other people?

AMERICA = EQUALITY. Anyways, I was holding something over her head while trying to get her to listen, but then I realized that that wasn't the right way to do it, so I gave her back what I was holding hostage. I THINK that is called extortion xD Hey, I had to do what I had to do, but in the end, I realized that that is not the way to go about it.

Anyways, it's sad that our friendship has to come to an end, but there's simply no being friends with someone who is racist or participates in racist jokes (and therefore is racist) EVEN if she is just "joking around". Because really, if she can joke around about this kind of stuff, doesn't that mean that somewhere, deep down, she actually believes it?

Somewhere along the way, amidst all the "joking" between her friends, she has grown to accept and believe that racist comments were okay, and maybe even that she is racially inferior. I mean, just because you're Vietnamese doesn't mean that you're any less of an "Asian" than someone who is Chinese, Japanese, or Korean.

AND if you are Vietnamese, that's no reason to be ashamed of it. I have many Vietnamese friends, and I know they are proud of their heritage, and I LOVE that. No culture is perfect. No country is perfect. Every single country has issues.

But you don't have to believe in your government to believe in your country. And until she starts to believe in hers, there is no way I would ever disgrace MYself by associating myself with her. I am very proud of who I am, and I will not stand for someone who is not.

Anyways, that's my food for thought for the night. From now on, here's to positive, insightful blogs! :) (That are hopefully shorter than this one!)

- Cattie