[Jane]

I am Chinese American, and when I went to Chinathe first time, I noticed a certain smell that Chinese people have. I don't know how to describe it, but I just wanted to say that the smell may be particular to people living in a certain geographical area, and not particular to ethnic groups. I mean, I smelled Chinese people in China, but did not notice any odors from the American students in my group.

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Name : Jane, Gender : F, Race : Asian, Age : 26, City : Jersey City, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : student, 

[Jane]

White people seem to own everything in this country: The upscale Fifth Avenue shops, the computer corporations and nice restaurants, etc. And they receive academic tenure more often than ethnic minorities. White people share a Euro-American culture that Asians, blacks and Latinos do not. At work, because your boss is most likely to be white, it really helps if you are white in getting him/her to feel comfortable with you, take you under their wing and offer you opportunities that you might not receive if you're not white. The 'good old boys network' is also the 'white people's network.' Though it seems to be a biological tendency for human beings to associate with people who are most like themselves, this makes it difficult for minority groups to succeed. We cannot get a foothold in the 'network,' we distrust and experience distrust from white people (and from each other too, for example Koreans vs. blacks in the Los Angeles riots). For minorities, it seems that every ethnic group (black, Asian, Latino, Native American) is alone and fighting for itself.

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Name : Jane, Gender : F, Race : Asian, Age : 26, City : Jersey City, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : student, 

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