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Chinese American elders, like most Asian elders have a long term mentality, their actions and decisions have a long term insight. As with Chinese American elders, these elders carry traditions and values which were held from their generations and generations before that. The Chinese American elders whom have came from overseas come with little to nothing in their money and possessions. They have come to start a new life, with more choice and opportunity. The struggle the must go through to come to America, the struggle on the first generations children will never be known personally, unless you’ve lived through it. Chinese Elders usually live together in a small home after their children have grown up. When the death of one of the partners occurs, the remaining will usually move in with the oldest of the children.
These elders have gone through wars, and discrimination acts against them, moving from one culture to a totally different culture. Identity can be lost in such transitions; identity is an important thing in the Chinese American culture which should never be lost. Identity, is important in any culture, in the Chinese it is especially important because it usually has characteristics from ancestors and family from the past. The typical personality has its traditions, sayings and discipline.
In today’s more modern society, these identities are changing to more modern, the attire worn, down to the attitude towards elders. You can go to any china town and see a mix of America and Chinese culture in one place. You may see some elders dress in traditional Chinese dress, and others wearing American style clothing, both styles living together in harmony. In Chinatown, you may even mistake you’re in china, with all the signs in Chinese and smells of food, this demonstrates even though these elders have undergone much transformation, they have no forgotten their roots.
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