The discourse community that my autoethnography affects the most is the community of American born Chinese students. Other stakeholders for my project could be American born Chinese people that aren't students, other American students, Chinese students from China, and faculty and staff at schools. Anyone can be an audience to my project and learn something from what I have to say.
American born Chinese students offer their own experiences to the table, they are the only group of people that experience what I talk about in my project because it's specifically about American born Chinese students. On the contrast, other people have observed American born Chinese students around them and if they have friends that are American born Chinese students then they will be able to empathize with them. The difference between American born Chinese students and other students in my project is that American born Chinese students are going to be able to explain how they have felt growing up and their experiences, while other students can talk about how they have observed American born Chinese students. One group of students can talk about their 1st person experiences while the other group can talk about their 3rd person observations. This project would not be complete without both these groups' knowledge on this topic. When all these different stakeholders come together, we can see the complete picture of the project. The purpose of this project is to educate people on the differences of American born Chinese students that make them feel alienated but also make them who they are. I know that almost all other American born Chinese students feel this way to some degree, but often times we don't step up and say anything because we are already used to this kind of stereotyping and it almost feels like a norm. I don't think our society and the people in it are doing anything wrong, it's just hard to understand what other people are going through unless they are educated on the topic; and that's what I'm trying to do through this project.
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