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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.13,0:00:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Ailin and I have \Nmultiple nationality syndrome.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.03,0:00:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.15,0:00:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in Argentina.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.07,0:00:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a Spanish surname, \Nmy mom is Bolivian and my dad is...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.68,0:00:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Asian.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.35,0:00:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say it that way\Nbecause it's easier for me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.25,0:00:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say he is Asian, Chinese or Korean,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.70,0:00:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than explaining that I don't know \Nwhere is he from, where is him,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.89,0:00:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or who did I get my Asian eyes from.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.80,0:00:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He left me and my mom\Nwhen I was eight months old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.76,0:00:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a little girl \NI found it difficult to understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.61,0:00:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I missed him, without even knowing him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.93,0:01:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had a huge desire\Nto know what he was like,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.26,0:01:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask him a thousand questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.43,0:01:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I was dreaming that \None day he would come back
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.46,0:01:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my family would finally be complete.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.74,0:01:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I grew older, it made me uncomfortable\Nto be singled out for being different.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.12,0:01:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was "the Chinese".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.02,0:01:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As if it was something\Nyou could be sure of just by my looks,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.77,0:01:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when I myself didn't know\Nreally well about my roots,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.55,0:01:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my ancestry, my identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.75,0:01:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone seemed to be sure\Nthat I was Chinese, except me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.63,0:02:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt like a void, a mystery.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.46,0:02:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, within that mystery,\Nnow I understand, I saw options.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.76,0:02:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw an opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.29,0:02:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If everyone thought I was Chinese,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.69,0:02:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why not learning about being Chinese?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.01,0:02:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was eight years old, I asked\Nto be enrolled in a Chinese school
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.51,0:02:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I attended on weekends.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.52,0:02:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time, my classmates \Nwere forced by their parents to go
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.24,0:02:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to perfect their Chinese.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.96,0:02:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many of them \Nalready spoke Chinese at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.75,0:02:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was there being the exception.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.42,0:02:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved going there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.55,0:02:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to share my existential doubts\Nwith my classmates,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.86,0:02:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the identity clash of not knowing\Nif you're more Argentinean or Chinese.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.72,0:03:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said they felt Chinese in Argentina
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.93,0:03:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Argentineans when they were in China.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.25,0:03:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one place in the world or in the other\Nthey were seen differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.88,0:03:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also took on Korean lessons.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.38,0:03:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over time I started to care less\Nwhere my dad was from.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.28,0:03:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I became more interested
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.44,0:03:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in learning about the culture\Nof the countries I was so linked to,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.54,0:03:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I found \Ndifferent senses of identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.64,0:03:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would discover myself in the \Nexploration of the different tones
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.14,0:03:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this mystery could take,\Nthis void to be filled.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.75,0:03:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet other concerns popped up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.61,0:04:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wondered, \N"And what does all this mean?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.25,0:04:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do I study Chinese \Nin order to be Chinese?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.12,0:04:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do I seek to be Korean \Nby studying Korean?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.28,0:04:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Am I trying to fit into the expectation\Nothers have of me when they see me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.66,0:04:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it's not just that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.58,0:04:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I discovered that my identity \Nit's not fixed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.18,0:04:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something concrete\Nand with clear boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.56,0:04:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that I am actually \Nin a constant transition.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.56,0:04:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The decisions I made\Nwhich led me to so many experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.74,0:04:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helped me understand \Nhow to connect worlds,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.04,0:04:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discover a thousand options \Nand possibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.30,0:04:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.75,0:04:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And discover that it is the differences\Nbetween us that enrich us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.70,0:05:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My multiple nationality syndrome\Nmade me to understand life
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.100,0:05:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a constant transition.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.75,0:05:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I suspect each of you \Nare also a constant transition.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.81,0:05:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each with your many\Nmulticolored personalities
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.66,0:05:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discovering a thousand options \Nand possibilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.16,0:05:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building ideas and dreams;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.63,0:05:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discovering the multiple tones
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.16,0:05:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this mystery can take.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.10,0:05:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.