Carmen Li- muy

                         
                                                        Carmen Li the girl from a small town
Identity: Who is Carmen Li
Carmen Li is a Chinese housewife  who is originally from Panama city,
Panama. She is 49 years of age and currently stay home mother and house wife in Daly city California. She has been in the U.S for 30 years.  She loves to spend time with her children and cook for her kids. She has 5 siblings and she is the youngest of 6. There are 3 females and 3 males. Carmen's parents gave her away when she was an infant so she came to america for the ideal american dream to seek more opportunities.

"California-at any time, is a particularly complicated place to look at gender and sexuality. It has always been a multicultural frontier and is likely to remain so" -Sex, Gender, Culture, and a Great Event pg. 3

"A majority of Hispanic Workers were employed in nonagricultural sectors of the economy. Partially in low-wage service" - Competing Visions: A History of California pg 406

Immigration: what was it like in the U.S
She arrived to the united states when she was only 19 years old when she had arrived
When she first arrived she came to San Francisco early in the morning.
Her family came for her better education and after she got married and her family decided to stay.
Some of her family got jobs instantly because they knew how to speak english and had already had experience of the restaurants business. When she arrived here it was not so hard for her because her family had already moved here and she was the last one to come and b e reunited with her family. They were also lucky to find new jobs.

Only through decades of struggle, isolation, and slow progress were chinese americans able to find a secure place in the life of the nation. today, though, a new surge of growth and cultural vitality promises to transform the chinese american community, and to reshape american life for future generations

Discrimination: What were some hardships/ discriminations
She claims that it was somewhat hard because her families english was not fluent.
As her time here in the U.S she had never felt any discrimination from people, she feels that she was never treated unequal and had the same opportunities as everyone else

"Collectivistic cultures can be characterized as those groups of people who emphasize the fundamental relatedness of individuals to each other, which are often typically expressed by a strong desire among such individuals to fit in, prioritize the groups goal" ( Brown Skin, White Minds, pg 107) 
 She knows who she is, she is confident and doesn't feel discrimination due to her knowledge about self identification.

This picture symbolizes her country. In Panama her language is in Spanish and !!SOMOS PERSONAS!! mean we are the same people. So she is 100% Chinese but was just born in a society where she doesn't feel discriminated