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ur cousin is an idiot its like sayin chicanos arent mexican its mexican american asian american same what is wrong with him and there are many a types of asians lol white washed, diff races, ur cousin is def wrong lol i am half filipino and white washed lol i mean i am over 6 feet tall lol

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Your cousin is all wrong, it don't matter where you're born at unless you have some asian blood in you then your asian, my cousin calls asians that were born in America "ABC" stands for American Born Chinese. xD Well he usually calls the Chinese that... sweatdrop I'm Chinese so is my cousin. biggrin

Was he speaking in context based on ethnicity or nationality? There is a difference between those two...

In terms of ethnicity, you are Asian if you're parents are of Asian ancestry (duh). If he's talking about ethnicity, he's definitely wrong.

In terms of nationality, you are not Asian unless you're a natural-born citizen in Asia and/or if you apply for citizenship, among other things. In the case of nationality, he's correct.
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For myself, I consider myself Asian based on ethnicity because of my cultural roots. However, I do not consider myself Asian based on nationality (though I hope to apply for dual-citizenship), since I was born in the United States.

Now, if he's a person that sees nationality defined the same way as ethnicity, I could agree with you that he's wrong. Let's see, ask him what's the difference between the two terms...

ur asian as long as one of ur parents are.. 3nodding
and not all asians have small eyes eveyone in my family has huge eyes but me. sweatdrop ....actually im different at everything in my family..maybe im adopted?...
well w/e
but ur cousin is wrong and if he wants to agrue about it with meh
then i invite him to, cuz he cant win! talk2hand

Yes, you are asian but you were born in america so your american and an asian person your not an iilegal immigrant so your an american your religion is just asian style. you get where i'm going lol

Psh, you`re still have Asian Blood. but then you're an American too so yeah you`re an Asian American. but being born in the U.S. doesn`t mean you`re not asian. stare

how old is your cousin?