Macanese Americans? (Macanese = Eurasians from Macau)

[SunWuKong]

http://www.diasporamacaense.org/About%20us.htm

i stumbled onto this website about the Macanese diaspora - the Macanese being Eurasians from Macau, specifically of Chinese and Portuguese descent. interestingly, the site refers to the Macanese in the US as "Macanese American". i've never heard the term before, but i guess that's not surprising. the Macanese population, even in Macau, is very small.

(funny thing i read on the site was a biographical article on Ray Cordeiro (http://www.diasporamacaense.org/Kudos.htm), more popularly known as "Uncle Ray" (http://www.uncleraydj.com/), who is probably the most famous DJ in Hong Kong. he's been on the air since 1949, and he's still broadcasting. my parents used to listen to him when they were young and hip. he said that when he used to do live radio shows, one of the regular audience members was Emily Lau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lau), who is now a controversial activist/politician. Ray Cordeiro said that Emily Lau used to be a very naughty teenager. Hahhah!)

[monkeygone2]

emily lau calling uncle ray for song requests & dedications?...funny! i wonder if he has tape of this!

macanese culture is so amazing.
i know of someone who identifies herself as macanese, but doesnt view the term (macanese) as ethnicity. she's totally chinese, not eurasian.

from what i'm told, most people consider themselves macanese... macau-people. but some may indentify more w/ portuguese or chinese.
depends on the individual.
the younger generation dont speak portuguese fluently (or at all), i guess the result of the return to china. culture is more of a blend, but predominantly chinese.

[kimpossible]

I would venture commerce has a lot to do with language changes, coupled with the fact that there isn't a large influx of Portuguese-speaking population continually coming in. However, Vegas style gambling moved in what... a year or two ago? Business has been good. Those stocks have been doing well. :smile:

[SunWuKong]

emily lau calling uncle ray for song requests & dedications?...funny! i wonder if he has tape of this!

no this was the live radio shows that they used to do in the 60s. as in, they do the shows in a studio stage with an audience, like in a sitcom. Uncle Ray said they used to let audience members announce song requests, and Emily Lau would always be grabbing the mic from him.

[SunWuKong]

I would venture commerce has a lot to do with language changes, coupled with the fact that there isn't a large influx of Portuguese-speaking population continually coming in. However, Vegas style gambling moved in what... a year or two ago? Business has been good. Those stocks have been doing well. :smile:

yeah, the full-blooded Portuguese was always a minority anyway, albeit a ruling minority.