At first, the author of "<em>Growing up Asian in America</em>" felt that she was truly American and not Asian, and she did not fully recognize her Asian identity because a person's race should not be definitive of the person's identity.
However, this American identity acceptance changed drastically when she was growing up as she understood that her race should not completely make her different from others. In the American environment, she was always considered different from others. In short, she was considered to be an alien.
2. The author's environment played a major role in her personal perspective and identity outlook. With the combined environmental factors, she was pushed to embrace her dual identity, recognizing that she was truly Asian and American and not just American.
The environment of non-acceptance forced her to reconsider her true identity and to recognize that she was not only American, she actually had Asian origin.
Thus, for an Asian to grow up in America there are certain processes that the person must undergo to fully identify herself as a person with dual citizenship.
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