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OUTTAKES Thank you very much for reading my book. I could not fit everything into my novel— for one reason or another— so I decided to include this section of outtakes with proposed scenes. Scene: Chapter 2 – In Johnson's Room (first-person reflection) Character: Johnson Outtake: The most popular excuse that Asian parents like to use to coerce their children into becoming doctors and lawyers is the old “ we've suffered and struggled through so many hardships when we were younger so we just want our kids to have the best life possible ” justification; I like to call this justification the “ old bullsh*t routine. ” First of all, every parent, not just Asian, uses the old bullsh*t routine for a multifarious number of reasons: to get their kids to eat their vegetables, to get their kids to go to bed, to get their kids to go to school, etc. For example, parents love to say, “ I had to walk ten miles to school, ten miles back, in snow all the way up to my waist even in the summer, while wearing a huge backpack and carrying a hundred books in each hand. ” We are all cognizant of this old bullsh*t routine. This is just parental propaganda to get their kids to do something, anything, like forcing their kids to become doctors and lawyers. Second, there are many Asian doctors and lawyers today, many who are very wealthy and successful in America as well as the rest of the world. Then why are they still forcing their own kids to become doctors and lawyers, even though there's no more “ hardship? ” After all, these Asian kids didn't have to suffer or struggle with a rough life growing up, since their parents are doctors and lawyers. The fact of the matter is that it has nothing to do with struggles or hardships; it has everything to do
with the power of control, per my Asian Pride Theorems, forcing their kids to become what their parents want, hence doctors and lawyers for the “ bling ” and the “ bling. ” It's always about the money. Scene: Chapter 5 - In the Guest Room of Auntie's House (first-person reflection) Character: Johnson Outtake: I find it rather interesting that the most popular Asian surnames have to do with wealth and power. For instance, the most popular Chinese surname is Wang, which means king, aka power since so many Asians want to be kings. Other Chinese variations include Wong, Vong, and Ong. What's interesting is that the king last name is also very popular with other Asian cultures: the Vietnamese with Vuong, the Korean with Wang, the Malaysian with Ong, and the Singaporean with Ong as well. Notice that the king last name is pervasively similar throughout the Asian cultures; they feel that having a king last name would really give them the power that they desire. Now let's talk about the wealth surname, starting with the Koreans with Kim, the most popular Korean surname. It's also very popular with other Asian cultures: Chinese with Jin, Chin, and Kim, the Vietnamese with Kim and the Japanese with Kin. Again, notice that they look and sound similar, some of them even the same; Asian culture really is just one pea in a pod. Of course, not every Asian has a last name associated with money, status, or power; I just find it interesting that the most popular Asian surnames have to do with money, status, power, prosperity, luck, wealth, etc. — you get the idea. It's always about the money.
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Outset
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didn't come to America for the free
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slaps my right arm and says, “ Yo
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pressure from my parents. Plus, Asi
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that this guy thinks incest is best
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my eyes. “ All these yuppies are
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happen to me— feather duster! So
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just for the sake of getting a gift
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light up the incense— provided to
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