The Third Generation

After being born and raised most of my life in London with Pakastini parents, I have for the last two years lived in Copenhagen. I am constantly reminded of my culture. Danes often ask me what I think of the headscarf, the homogenious of the danish society, the amount of foriegners that should be in each school. Their questions remind me that I am not white, and that their first curiosity is culture- I now define myself as 'brown' . Of course -identity is very much linked with culture- but what is the culture of the second generation- I drink, dance, live with my Danish boyfriend, I doubt I could live in Pakistan ( a place where I never lived) without facing a huge cultural diffirence As I think of having children- I am confronted with two sets of issues, 1) how will they be treated (especially in Denmark- where foriegner is usually first generation with issues of language etc), and 2) will I sent my children to schools with first generation foriegners? The children of the second generation now has the complexity of being on both sides of the arguments.