亞洲文化火了！海外華裔學生建亞裔“表情包”小組迅速吸粉
最近，有個名爲“微妙的亞洲特質”的小組在臉書火了，近100萬人在這個小組中分享移民生活的笑話和表情包，討論文化認同等問題。這些看似簡單普通的生活內容引發了越來越多人的共鳴，比如下面這個：
For many people of Asian descent living overseas, a Facebook group called Subtle Asian Traits has become a cultural phenomenon.
對於很多海外亞裔人來說，臉書上一個名爲“微妙的亞洲特質”的小組已成爲一種文化現象。
Its jokes and memes - especially about life as a first-generation migrant - have made the page wildly popular. Almost a million people have joined the group since it began in September.
在這裏，人們分享着有關第一代移民生活等內容的笑話和表情包，使它廣受歡迎。自去年9月該臉書小組成立以來，已有近100萬人加入。
meme [miːm]: n.表情包，社媒梗
The posts, which can be made by anyone, have also sparked conversations about cultural identity.
任何人都可以在這個臉書小組裏發貼，很多貼子引發了人們對於文化認同的討論。
Its rapid success has stunned the group's founders - nine Chinese-Australian high school students who live in Melbourne.
“微妙的亞洲特質”最初由9名居住在墨爾本的澳大利亞華裔高中生建立。現在，小組的迅速走紅甚至讓他們也感到震驚。
"We were always sharing memes and jokes about Asian culture and growing up in a foreign country and kind of just wanted a place to share them together," co-founder Kathleen Xiao, 18, tells the BBC.
“我們一直喜歡分享有關亞洲文化、以及在外國長大經歷的梗和笑話。我們只是想找個平臺能一起分享。”羣組創建者之一、18歲的凱瑟琳·蕭告訴英國廣播公司。
Anne Gu, 18, another founder, says they were thrilled when the group hit 1,000 members but "now it's just gone insane".
另一名18歲的創始人安妮·顧說，當羣組成員達到1000人時，他們已非常激動，“現在的規模簡直是瘋漲了”。
"We didn't think at all that it would get this big, or so serious," she says, referring to its growth into an online community for Asian diasporas.
她說，“我們從沒想到它會這麼大、這麼火。”現在，“微妙的亞洲特質”幾乎已成爲一個亞洲移民的線上社區。
She says the initial idea had been to simply share jokes about family life, Asian cultural "quirks" and bubble milk tea. (There are a lot of memes about this very popular drink.)
她說，最初的想法是簡單分享一些有關家庭生活、亞洲文化的“怪癖”和珍珠奶茶的笑料（有很多表情包與奶茶有關）。
先來看幾個小組中的經典表情包：
“你永遠不知道現在幾點了。因爲你家裏的所有時鐘都比真實時間快5到10分鐘。”
Kevin Cheung描述的週末：中文課、鋼琴課還有補習班。這是一種中國小孩一下就能get但其他族裔美國人不一定能理解的感受。但在這個組裏，迅速就能引發一片共鳴。
當第一次看到美國朋友對父母直呼其名時，我們亞裔小夥伴的震驚程度不亞於驚訝的皮卡丘。
Luke Hong說，對於又會嫌棄小孩胖又喜歡勸小孩多吃飯的亞裔父母來說，瘦了5磅就是營養不良，胖了5磅就是過度肥胖——哈哈，看來怎麼樣的外部文化環境都沒法改變這種亞裔父母充滿矛盾的瞎操心。
還有亞洲人進屋要換鞋的習慣，對於其他地區的人們來說也是一個需要找共鳴的特殊習慣。Christpher Lung做了個meme，把那種當你出門忘了東西想回屋去拿，在要不要脫鞋這個問題上可以糾結半天的心理生動地表現了出來。
“微妙的亞洲特質”是什麼？
The posts span a range of topics, but they often focus on Asian culture as experienced by the children of migrants.
小組的貼子主題廣泛，它們更多關注的是移民子女生活中的亞洲文化烙印。
That's why most members are young people from Australia, the US, Canada and the UK, rather than those living in Asia.
因此，很多小組成員是來自澳大利亞、美國、加拿大和英國的年輕人，而非來自亞洲。
Ms Xiao believes that the page is so popular because it identifies "just little things in our lives that no one talked about before".
凱瑟琳·蕭認爲，該主頁之所以如此受歡迎，是因爲它包含了“我們生活中沒有人談論過的一些小事”。
Many memes are about household customs - such as boiling tap water for drinking or using a finger to measure the perfect amount of water needed to cook rice.
很多表情包都與家庭習俗有關，比如燒開水，或用手指測量燒飯時所需的最佳水量。
“你去參加一個亞洲家庭聚會，他們爲客人擺上酒店的拖鞋。”
還有例如對成績的在乎和對奶茶的瘋狂，都是大家調侃的主題。
更多的是充滿愛意的調侃，比如爸爸努力靠中文諧音學英語的反差萌。
Other jokes center on the experience of being a first-generation Asian person in a Western society, and "how we struggle, sometimes, to reach a balance between our two cultures", says Ms Gu.
安妮·顧說，其他笑話還包括來到西方社會第一代亞洲人的經歷，以及“有時如何在兩種文化之間做出平衡”。
There are memes about "not being Asian enough": bilingual mishaps, struggles with Chinese homework, rebelling against family rules and traditions.
一些表情包是關於“不夠亞洲人”之處：語言障礙、中國家庭作業的折磨以及反家庭規則和傳統。
mishap ['mɪshæp]: n.災禍；不幸事故
穿着破洞牛仔褲參加家庭聚會：你沒錢買沒破洞的好褲子嗎？我給你買條新褲子吧。
Then there are posts referencing experiences of casual racism or being made to feel "not white enough".
還有一些貼子提到了一些偶然的種族主義經歷，或覺得自己有“不夠白人”的地方。
A common source of humor is "Asian parents" - who are stereotypically portrayed as cautious, strict and overbearing.
這些笑話通常的來源是“亞洲父母”——刻板印象會把他們描繪成謹慎、嚴厲和專橫的形象。
overbearing [əʊvə'beərɪŋ]: adj.傲慢的；壓倒一切的
一則在小組裏廣受歡迎的貼子讓人忍俊不禁。
It was captioned: "One day I told mother I didn't eat breakfast".
它的標題是：“有一天我告訴我媽我沒有吃早餐”。
你早上沒吃飯、上了兩個小時的課一直到12點仍然沒有吃飯的行爲太讓我惱火了。爲此，我昨天一晚上都沒睡好。像你這樣經常超過12個小時不吃飯又到處活動對身體特別不好，尤其在你最近經常頂着壓力忙工作的情況下！我一個同事的丈夫是普林斯頓大學的高材生，後來成了華爾街上數一數二的投資者。但是他現在不得不放棄熱愛的工作，因爲他有腸胃問題和糖尿病，這都是不良的飲食習慣造成的！我可不希望這事發生在你身上。孩子，你知不知道一個良好的飲食習慣對你的健康、生活和事業有多重要。望早餐問題引起你的注意。我給你找了一篇文章供你參考。
It bore an uncanny resemblance to texts from their own mothers, particularly phrases like: "I did not have a good sleep last night because of this."
這讓很多人想起自己的母親，尤其是類似的句子：“因爲你的事，我昨晚沒睡好。”
Some users have sent the administrators messages of thanks.
一些用戶曾向管理員發送信息表示感謝。
"One girl said it was the first time she felt like a sense of belonging," she says.
“一個女孩說這是她第一次有歸屬感。”安妮·顧說。
Ms Xiao says the page helped her realize her experiences were common.
凱瑟琳·蕭表示，小組幫她意識到自己的經歷很普遍。
"Growing up in a foreign country, it's just something you don't talk about because you're afraid that people won't understand you, or that you'll be made into a minority," she says.
她說：“在外國長大，這些本來只是你不願談論的一類事情，因爲你擔心別人不理解你，或把你當成少數。”
《紐約時報》提到了一個感人的例子：一個女孩給母親分享了一個小組裏的表情包，引發了一段令人驚訝的對話。
她在貼子裏寫道：“‘微妙的亞裔特質’讓我第一次從媽媽那裏聽到了‘我愛你’，所以我想感謝你們所有人。”
找到“平衡”
Like other internet groups which attempt to offer insights on cultural identity, there are some inherent challenges.
不過，與其他提供對文化認同的思考的在線小組類似，這個小組也面臨一些內在的挑戰。
Some initial criticism suggested that the group wasn't inclusive of all Asian cultures, as most posts related to East Asia.
最初有一些批評聲認爲，該組織並沒有包容所有的亞洲文化，因爲大多數貼子都是關於東亞的。
凱瑟琳·蕭和她的朋友互相稱呼對方是ABC（澳大利亞出生的華人）。
Ms Gu says the administrators have since prioritized including more diverse content. And in the group's rules, users are encouraged to "be inclusive to all Asian races".
安妮·顧稱，自那以後，管理員們就開始優先考慮內容的多樣化。在組織的規則中，管理員鼓勵用戶“包容所有亞洲種族”。
Other critics have said that memes about "tiger" parents or bad driving serve to reinforce negative stereotypes.
其他批評者說，“虎爸”、“虎媽”或不良駕駛等內容的表情包只會加劇負面的刻板印象。
Such posts can also help people "to experience potentially negative experiences in childhood in a more humorous and positive light... like a healing through humor".
安妮·顧認爲，這些貼子可以幫助人們“以一種更幽默和積極的方式，回憶童年時潛在的負面經歷……就像通過幽默療傷一樣。”
She adds that the page has also deepened her own cultural pride - something she had not expected.
她補充說，小組還加強了她對自己文化的自豪感——這是她沒有預料到的。
"I hope it gives others the confidence too, to not be so shy about their culture," she says.
“我希望這也能給其他人帶來信心，不要羞於談論自己的文化。”她說。
