I Am

If Henry Lee had the chance to change the words on his

"I Am Chinese" button how would it read?

I am a boy teased by Chaz

I am a friend, lunch helper, and boyfriend

I am in love with a Japanese girl named Keiko

I am a person who loves Jazz music

I would do anything for Keiko

I am a dreamer and a hoper

I have seen the inside of an internment camp

I am not just Chinese

I am American

K Noonan

I was born Chinese

but raised American

I fell in love but fell out

I was a stranger to my father

but meant the world to Keiko

I am Henry Lee

that is all I can be

C. Illig

I am Chinese

I am not enjoying my scholarshipping

I am very nice and shy

I am someone with a very big vocabulary

I am a very good friend

I am someone who has lost a very good friend

I am hoping we meet again

J Koch

I am of Chinese ethnic backround

But I was born an American

I am loyal and brave

Like any young man should be

I am in love with a Japanese girl Keiko

And I want her to be free

I love the sweet soft jazz music

of Oscar Holden and the Midnight Blue

I am Henry Lee

-L. Farrell

I am in love with Ethel

I am strong under wrong suspicions

I speak English, and my own family cannot undertand me

I am a companion, a fighter, and a boyfried

I feel in love with someone I cannot have

I grew up under a wrong man's influence

I am a stranger

I am American

E O'Donnell

I am a third generation American

I am in love

I am a friend

I am a collector of Jazz records

I am wearing a "I am Chinese button"

I am a son

I am music

I am a disgrace

I am an American

I have convinced myself I am in love with Ethel but my heart still belongs with Keiko.

I am sick of my dad trying to rule MY world and make me something I'm not.

I am Chinese.

But I am truly an American.

LRigo & ABrown

I Am born Chinese but raised an American

I fell in love but fell out

I was a stranger to my father but I meant the world to Keiko

I end up hiding my feelings although on the inside I'm dying

I am Henry Lee and that's all I can be...

-M. Sferra & C. Illig

I am Chinese American

I love Keiko and her confidence

I am a sophisticated 12 year old

I miss Ethel and her sweet voice

I am going to New York to see Keiko

I am lonely because Ethel is dead and my son is in college

I can't wait to see Keiko

T Sabbath TMillar

I am Henry Lee

And I am me

I am missing the moments

that I wish I never left

I am hopeful at best, and can hardly rest

I am here in New York, to go back to the past To finally make those memories last

I am American and so is she

I am Henry Lee

-1986

e. Lohan

I have convinced myself

that I am in love with Keiko

I am sick of my Dad ruling my world

and making me someone I am not

I am Chinese

I will always be Chinese

But I am an American

A Brown and L Rigo

I am Henry Lee

I am American to some, Chinese to others

and everything to Keiko

I am a caring person

I keep my promises

I do not have a real father, but try to be one myself

I am Henry Lee

N Sarkauskas and

M Burko

I am Chinese

I am not respected in my own home

I am disowned by my father

I am in love with a Japanese girl

I am being punished for who I am

I am never going to forget that beautiful girl

I am defined by what could have been a long-lost future that now seems so distant.

I am Chinese by blood, though my heart us between that of China and America.

I am not yet willing to forget my childhood love, in the hopes we will be reunited.

I am bruised by broken relationships and my complicated past.

-r. Iacofano

I am father, husband, father-in law, and friend

I am Ethel's, and also Keiko's

I am tradition, and I am also a new generation

I am in eternal anguish, but also in eternal joy

I am a mute father and an emtpy husband

I am lost and alone

I am not just Chinese, but a person

VBrennan

I am Chinese, but I am American.

I am in love, but it is forbidden.

I am filled with words, but unable to speak.

I am a child with no parents.

I am seen by all, but invisible to those who matter most.

I am slowly falling in love with Ethel, but the one who meant the world to me is drifting away.

I am trying to hold on to my father, but in doing so I lose myself.

I am me,what my father made me to be.

~L. Covetta and C. Hardy~

I am Henry Lee

I am a person who's had a hard life

I am angered at prejudice

I am separated from Keiko

because of racial injustice

I am shocked at the way my dad treated me

I am saddened that I lost Ethel

to cancer

I am a person who is happy around friends

I am a person who finds the

sweet among the bitter

I am Henry Lee

-R. Sears

I am

I am Chinese

I am an outcast from society

I am my father's son

I am a friend

I am in love

I am Henry Lee

I am an American

S Fasula

I am independent and determined

I am disowned by my father

I am in love with Keiko

I am afraid of the outcome of the war

I am terrified to speak to my father

I am waiting for change

A Mayher

I am in love with someone I cannot have

I am scared, quiet and lonely

I am tired of being pushed around by my father

I am in need of love and care

I wish to be heard and not mistreated

I am writing to someone who does not answer

I am tired of waiting and I guess she is too

I am of Chinese ethnicity but on the inside...

I am American

-L. Karlsson & L. Carnovale

I Am

I am a person who's had a hard life.

I am angered at prejudice.

I am separated from Keiko because of racial injustice.

I am shocked at the way my dad treated me.

I am saddened that I lost Ethel to cancer.

I am Chinese and an American.

I am son, widow, one who has loved and one who has lost.

I love a girl my father disapproves of

I am a man and a boy rolled into one.

I am a person who yearns to go back,

Who wants to go back to the girl I loved so long ago.

I am filled with love, regret, and the sad song of a lone saxophone.

-M Jensen

I am independant and determined,

I am disowned by my father,

I am in love with Keiko whom I barely see anymore,

I am afraid of the outcome of the war,

I am terrified to even speak to my father,

I am waiting for change

-A. Mayher