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Do I Look like Public Enemy Number One?

      I believe the article, Do I Look like Public Enemy Number One?, has reflected some immigrates’ attitudes of their cultural identities. Have been living in the United States for a lengthy of time, I have experienced such feeling. Moving in a new country, as immigrates, in some point, it is necessary to charge the way that we live. For example, learning how to drive, learning a new language and changing our living style. These little things will change the way that you think who we are because your original living style would gradually be forgotten and you pick up the new living style. For example, Chinese, who born in the United States, only speak English and live in American way. How they identify themselves. I have interviewed some Chinese-Americans. Some told me they are American because they don’t know anything about china or Chinese. Some told me they are Chinese because they believe that their cultural identities should be based on their blood relationship. There is not correct concept of the cultural identities. I believe this is all based on the individual’s thinking. In addition, the article has brought up a controversial question. What if your nation is hailed as terrible nation and people start to exclude your nation, do you still believe people will use different point of view to look at you and believe you are the good one in your nations? I believe this is a difficult question for many people. Also, this is what Lorraine Mahia Ali is facing? At the end of the article, Lorraine Mahia Ali has issued his opinion on this situation. After his father was death, he realizes that in order to define our cultural identifies, we should only care about how we view ourselves, not the other because everyone have different opinions on our cultural identifies, we cannot only based on how people view us, we also have to define the identifies by ourselves. Also, we should respect the both side of the cultural. They both would have something that more valuable than others. From my point of view, I totally agree who Lorraine Mahia Ali’s opinion on this situation. It is because of his experience, I have changed my attitude toward my cultural identity.