Xx NITOURUITOR CD Prue Te BELO Lr MR Uli lag By Alan di Perna PET cr Cry mac) L.A. (Restaurant) Story Bren ue)By Helen Zia Coming to grips with being Asian in America while preserving pride in the old culture. 250 ome sties Avaveaie FORMMEDATE DELVERY femme et ar legend Carlos Santana on his neback album, Supernatural Bay City Best Lite Mermaton ce, David Rikersatthe Cas- ‘70, the City ofLightat he Herbstand much more. 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Santana seems almost certain co be this year’s Babyface athe Grammy Awards ceremony, to be held February 23 in Los An- igeles — the man who sweeps up every award in sight. Gust last month, Supernatural took Bese Album honors at the American Music Awards) Santana is up for 10 ‘Grammy nominations, more than any other artist this year, including Album of the Year, Revord of the Year (for Smooth”) and Bese Rock Album ‘The 52-year-old guitarist may bedressinga litle fancier nowadays, but his soft eyes, gentle voice and sincere, easygoing manner are the sameasalways. Hislarestsuc- cess does not seem to have gone tohis head. “Twwake up in the morning. and say to myself, “Thac was a strange dream,” he says with laugh, “And then I hear “Smooth and realize it was nota dream. I still happen- ing. And T'm very grateful, For me, ies amazing 0 see hhow grandparents, parents, teenagers and litle children are all claiming Supernatural sstheirown. “Por the firs sim tba reality tha teenagers cangetinto the car with their parentsand listen t0 the same masie without feeling weird” he adds “Usually, teenagers don’t want anything wo do with their parents! music. Se forme, thatthe big phenomenon. Somehow, we hit the heart center the spiriaal G spo.” ‘Which was Santana'sintentionall along. He says he made Supernatural specifically to counteract what he refers to as “all the arrogance, cynicism and sarcasm permeating the airwaves of the United Sees today onall channels of TVand nost radio stations “Asa result ofall that, young people between agesseven and27 starefllinginto depression and frustrations. They start thinking they're victims and outcast ‘Life scrap, 'm p----doffas hell “ ‘Supernatural’ the first time in my career that I've con- sciously aimed at getting my music on the radio,” confides Carlos Santana. and somebody gotta pay frit ‘Santana’ aspiration was to ereate an album ‘witha spitiually healing effect, a power he per- ceives in the music of Bob Marley and his other heroes. Like Marley, the guitarist feels he has re- ceived divine guidance in his ausicemaking “This i the frst ime in my eareer that I've consciously simed at geting my musicon thera- dio,” he confides, “And this album was directed that way because of instructions that T gor from ‘my inner dreams — writing down my dreams and mediva- tions. T particularly got in- structions from an entity, an angel T call Metatron, He said, ‘Twill help you, if you ‘willhelp me solder back mol ecules with the light.”” As, er unasval a it might sound, thisisno merefabrics- tion on Santana’ part — the archangel Metatron figures prosninentlyin New Age coe- mology “Metatron created the electron, which is physical life," says Carlos. “Heaven is just pure thought: Bue God wanted 10 taste, to hug, to feel, sohe called on Metatron, who created physical life Without him (Meracron), there woulde'tbeany hugs or kisses, no touchy-feely stuf, Wed all be just thought things This kind of talk meet= ing a more indulgent recep- tion now that Supermanural has gone through the roof thanitdidayearagowhen the album firseeame out Amore worldly force in making the album a success was embattled record industry veteran Clive Davis, who signed Santana to Arista Recordsin 1997. Way backin the early "70s, Davis — then bead ‘of Columbia Records —had helped and the fist four Santana albums atthe top ofthe charts. Reuniting with Davis felt right to Santana, ‘who'd heen recording for smaller label prior 3 signing on with Arist, “A locof record companies passed on me,” he says. “They told me to my fice, yure too old. We want young people: Britney Spears, New Kids onthe Blok, muffle thet.” “Te thesame thing they once told Tina Tamer T-was turned down by Elektra, Epic and even Sony, here I have the biggese back estalogue. But for some reason Davis lookedin u suid, “What does Carlos Santana want eo do?" T eyesand 12 SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER MAGAZINE, Sumy, February 20,2000‘aid wanted to connect the moleeales back tothe light through music. He be- Hieved me. And we lid ittogether.” Davis was instrumental in hooking Santana up with many of the contempo- ‘ary bit makers who perform on Super antral former Fagee tured solo super star Lauryn Hil, Wyclef Jean, Everlast, ‘Rob Thomas and Eagle-Eye Chetry. Ironically though, as Supernaturalis scaling the heights of musiciz success, Davis’ contract with Avista is coming up for what is euphemisteally called “negotiation,” and the hit maker stands aachance of being ousted from the label ‘If something lke that were to hap- pen, my alliance would have to go with {Davis} ” Carlos says. “Tm under con- tract with Arista, soe may bave to buy ‘my contract [but] I would definitely go ‘with him, Because itis my reality that if it weren' form, Arista would nothave picked me up. You know, when you see the Golden Gate Bridge, there are two ‘towers thathold the whole thing up. For ‘me, my wife and Mr. Clive Davisare lke those evo rowers.” long way from the Golden Gate Bridge to the small town ‘of Autlan, Mexico, where Car los Santana was born in 1947. ‘The guitarist remembers the village asa place wih “no lights, no rn- ning water and chickens running all aroninthe place. “My mother got the hell out of there "hereclls.‘Shetwokusto Tijuana, thinking itwaslike America. We goto Tijuana in 1955 and Lstayed there un- 1961." He had already begun playing the vi olin, rutored by his father Jose, a profes- sional mariachi violinistand bandleader. Butyoung Carlos, obsesed with Ameri- can blues end early rock & roll, soon switched to guitar. By his early teens, he was playing in Tijuana’ tawdry barsand strip joints as a member of Javier Batic’ band, the TJ. When the Santana fmilyrelocated wo San Francisco in 1960, Carlos stayed behind in Tijuana for another year, earn- ingenra cash as a musician, ‘On rejoining his family in the Bay ‘Area, he attended Mission High ‘School. Like countless other American ‘teenagers, he gor swept up inthe rock. and roll explosion ofthe eariy to mid "60s: “When I came from Tijuana and ‘Sanday, Flay 20,2000,54N FRANCISCO EXAMINER MAGAZINE 13, ‘moved here, they used to have alot of bateles ofthe bands. The radio station ‘would go oall the schools. They'd pick ‘one school and have a hatle for about three days, My band said, ‘Hey, we ean get into this” We did ‘Heat Wave’ and. the blues song Steal Away.’ And we got into the top three in the city at the Cow Palace “Trememberthe biggest ancl aethat time that came through town were the ‘Turles and Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs,” he adds. “And we were lke, ‘Check out man, we're number threo!” “Butwe blew i,” he recalls rueflly. “We got too excited and we drank too ‘much ‘cause we were too nervous, and wwe blew thatgig. Butjustthe act hae we could reach those heights right out of high school was really something.” “The Santana Blues Band was formed Jn 1966,shoraly after Carlos eft Mission High, The name was semi-homage to the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, the firse | racially integrated blues group and a huge influence on many musiciansofthe er, including Carlos. Bur the Blues Band tag was eventually abandoned as Santana’ musichegan toevohe. The fabled San Francisco hippie scene was just getting underway. Bay Area rock bands lik the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messen ger Service, Big Brother and the Hold- ing Company and Country Joe and the Fish were all exploring new ways to ex- pand rock expressive potential “We're all connected, but we're all very differen,” says Santana now of the San Francisco psychedelic bands ofthat era, most of which are long gone in re- sponse ochanging times, dragabuse, or Doth. “Talways wanted to be different. dida’t waneto be amped into the hippie even though I ana hippie from. ‘the Mision District. My band dida'tlike cliques to0 much, Weliked oneness and. ‘unity, but not the clique thing.” ana evolved a unique approach torock,one that reflected both hisLati- xno roots and the San Francisco hippie strect scene that was exploding cirea 1966~67. ““Westarted going to Hippie Hil in Golden Gate Par," he recalls. “There ‘were always ike 15 or 20 conga players and one flute player there. They'd drinka lite wine, maybe smoke alice pot, play musicand watch the people go by. And Isai, ‘Man, this is great. We Cal 1-800-JENNIFER for spec store hours ‘and leator in San Francisco, Rohnert Park, San Mateo, Palo Alto, ‘San Jose, East San dose & Dublin. ue com Saas aren nemesrar cree NO interest: NO payment: NNO pown payment! FOR 1 Y 2 Not gn rt ode orn cembraon wh bar decauns Uk 2 pe cust FETS,“49, goes debe, ‘pc hom 369 aru senda om 9259, gue 309, fromoniys329. | ate ofr fra seve esto, dele irs 1699. Ot ormaple Goa | SVIRONMENTS [Esser StReer sse@nitse) | 126.4343 sun | combined blues and congas ina way that now the ladies could participate. “We noticed that when we played, the women would start dancing differently than they did to the Gratefal Dead,” Car los rememers. “They weren't catching. Duterfliesanymore...Allofa sudden, they ‘were moving their bodies in sensual, bel- Iy-dancinghind of way, which very differ- cent from catching hutterfies” Inintroducing Ato-Cuban rhythms ro ‘rock, Santana aide groundwork for what ‘wot become known as World Beatsome 20yearslater—nosto mention the current Latin music explosion ehat has stirred in terest in everything from Ricky Martin «© the Buena Vista Social Club and others. As Santana's passionate guitar style and dis ‘inetive sound were coming together in ‘mid.’608 San Francisco, his career began falling into place aswel In 1967, the then virtually unknown, gitarist participated in a jam at San Fran- cisco’ Fillmore Auditorium, geting on- stage with members ofthe Dead, the Air~ plane and the Butterfield Blues Band. Fillmore owner and rock entrepreneur Bill Graham was deeply impressed with the young guitar player. He became a mentor It was Bill Graham, a life-long Latin music enthusiast, who booked the Santana band into the Fillmore on a regular basis throughout 1968. —and ulkimaesy, Santana’ manager and lifelong frien. “If you're looking for the common ground between Santana and the Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and all those people its Bill Graham,” says San- ‘ana, “Wealllesmed from htm.” Te-was Graham who secured Santana’ recording debut, a guest shot on The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Koop- 7, after Chicago homeboy curned Bay Area guitar hero Mike Bloomfield col- lapsed due to nervous exhaustion and in- somnia on the third nighe taped perfor~ ‘mances forthe slbum. Te was abo Graham, a life-long Latin ‘musi enthusiast, who booked the Sanana band into the Fillmore on a regular basis throughout 1968, And when Graham was asked to help organize the Woodstock fes- tival in 1969, he said he'd only dosoifSan- tana gottopley The bands Woodstock appearance was a erucial event inthe launch of their career. Like many who attended the leg. endary rock festival, Santana mainly re- embers the ran, the mud and the droge “The bands were all trying o make ichap. pen, reganiless ofthe md andl theoth excizoumstances ther,” he says of Wood. stock. “You gotta understand chain ree days, che elements go like waves. There were the natural elements, plus all che mescaline and psychedelics people were taking. So you'd see that chemistry hap pening to the groups. “Some of the groups fared very well, and some were wiped out [think we were bit of both, We fared best on our song, Soul Sacrifice." "Thattourde force performancemadeit ino the Woodstock film and the concert album thet followed. And in October’, two months after Woodstock, Santana’ sel cided debcalbur was released on Co Iumbia Records, This marked the begin- ning ofthe guitarists long association with Clive Davs Santana firstrecording under Davis’ auspices was as much of a career milestone for the guitarists Supernatural has been. The albu sion-driven instrumentals were readily tended, perens 14 SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER MAGAZINE, Sanday, February 20, 2000 ‘embraced by the underground rock 2udi ‘ence. But its big commercial breakthrough hic was “Evil Ways," an arrangement of a tune by Willie Bobo. With its minor key modulations andi sistently sensual guajire rhythm, “Evil ‘Ways’ setthe patter for many subsequent Santana hits. Ie was Bill Grabam who per- ded the group to include chs pop vocal number in thei album, ber Bill Graham brought ws ico his office,” Santana recalls, “and he said, ‘Look, your musicis really great, bt, you need some songs. When you get ‘signed up,thac' the irs thing theyre go- ing to tell you: ‘You need 34-minute sin- gles! And sure enough, when we signed with Columbia, thats what Clive Davis said cous, ‘The group showed significant artistic growth on their second album, Almaxas, ‘which many consider to be Santana's finest recording. Carlos’ distinctive guitar licks embellish outside compositions lke Peter Groen’ “Black Magic Woman,” jazz gui- tarist Gabor Szabo’ “Gypsy Queen” and “I remLatin egend Tito Puente’ “Oye Como Va" Bur band memiers had begun contributing their own compositions with growing conf- dence. Among these was Carlos’ serumentl ballad "Samba Pai.” The guitarist says he had to battle to have to that sune and *Oye Como Va" included onthe album: Thats Kindofwhen we started inwardly fighting within the hand,” hesaysofthe fractious time Lremember I started wo pull rk. In the pst twas very democrat, but the band did't ‘vant ‘Oye Como Va or ‘Samba Pa 7? on Abraxas. They sid, Te doesn't sound like San- tana’ And Isai," Well whacthe hells Santana? Santana jst ster band. Why do we have o ‘prSantana ina bot and say whacics or isa? J chink this song, ‘Oye Como Va slike Louie Louie’ or Hang Os, Sloopy’—iesaparysong. Anytime thereS a party, people are gonna play this song, man. So who cares what Sentana i ot fan? Don'eputacelingonit? “T sid, Either those two songs go on the albumor you gofind another uit player’ Thad to dig my heels in, and it worked. Those wo songs were very important to. Abrus. So I Jeamed to stand up for my belie and they Jearned wo be more flexible” Bua winter of discontent had set in. Sever- a band members left Santana in the incerim between Abraxas and the group's next album, Sentana II Shordy afer the later album's re- lease, in 1971, Santana dissolved asa touring unit. The guitarist struck offina risky new mu- sical direction with his 1972 release, Cara- ‘venserai, an understated album in the avant gard jazzidiom of Santana's then-new musical hero, John Coltrane. “With Alrasas, people discover physical love inthe back searofaca,”says Carlos. “With Car ‘uansersi, people discover the inner Jove that dwells in the center oftheir heart.” ‘The record label wasn’ exactly in love with (Coravanserais deparcare from the commercially successful sound of the firs three Santana al~ ‘bums, butonce agai, Carlos went to bat forthe ‘music he believed in — Coravamserai was nomi- nated fora Graminy ‘The album made it into the Top 10, buc ie would be the las Santana record to do so for ‘many yeas. “There have been lot of times when people have told me, ‘You're committing commercial suicide,’ ” che guitarist sys with laugh. “Alooftimesthey were right [can't sy they ‘worewrong. That lot ofsuicides, man; bueI'm saillhere” Santana’ shift in musical direction was a harbinger ofsome important personal changes. ‘He was movingaway from the psychedelic drug ‘experimentation of the 60s now; searching for something new. In 1973, he met two people who would have a profound impact on his future development ‘One was his wife, Deborah che woman with ‘whom hehas shared hislifeeversince. The other ‘was usin jazz guitar pioneer John McLaughlin, ‘Through both these new influences, Santana was drawn to the spiritual teachings of Indian guru SriChinmoy He became a devote. “Tcwas all cause my wife and Ire disen- chanted with the Catholic thing,” he says, “and wwe were looking for some Eastern spiritual val- ues. Hindu, Maslimor Boddhist—anvthing that didn't deal with condemning and judging. We were more into perceiving and embracing our tonality as individuals, which gives you more eile.” SriChinmoy conferred on Santana thespir~ ‘ual name Devadip, meaning “the eye, the lamp and the light of God.” With this new name appended to the one he'd received at birth, Santana made several recordings with ‘MeLaughlin including the well-regarded Love, Devotion nd Surrender. Working with McLaughlin gave Santana ‘an entree into the jazz world. He would goon to collaborate with such notables as Stanley Clarke, Alice Coltrane, Flora Purim, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Wayne Shorter. ‘Through the 70s and "80s, these jazz explo- zations were supplemented by rigorous tour- ing on the rock and roll circuit and the ocea- sional AOR radio hit, such as 1979 “All 1 Ever Wanted.” For the most part however, Santana was out ‘of the limeligh, playing fora dedicated coterie audience mach like one that followed the Grateful Dead, Another personal turning point came in 1980, when Santana broke with Sri Chinmoy. “Whenever honey becomes like vinegar, i+ ‘time to leave," he says. “I donike people try- ing to control me with fear —with the Bogey ‘man —telling me that ifT don’t do things they say I will drown in a sea of darkness. After a while, lot of gurus, swamis, yogis —so called spiritual masters — do that. They have their ‘own human agenda, And I don't like their dag- mabiting me.” Sri Chinmoy took back the name Devadip ‘when Carlos left the fold."But that's okay,” the itaris says with a laugh. “Tm still who Tarn. was born with certain qualities that no man can, takeaway, only God Santana moved into the more personal kind ofspiviualicy tha sustains him to this day, draw- ing from numerous world religions traditions “Nowadays, my only guru would be the cen- ter of my heart, which is where all divinicy dwells,” he says ‘Sunday Febrary 20, 2000, AN FRANCISCO EXANINER MAGAZINE 15, TEETH STRAIGHTE IN ONLY Six Mon “Lalionys hated my crooked teeth but thought years to straighten them. Dr. Ashley made ther ‘gave me a beautiful sale in oly six ao “Dianne G. San Fi {At the Center for Cosmetic Dentistry, we a} Accelerated Straightening to shozten the pr {include invisible retainers to keep your teet ‘marvelous. Remember i's important to choo dentist who will explain all your options. 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Ale though not as huge as Supernatural, Zhop! was regarded as a comeback album at the time for Santana — itwas his firs sudo album wo encer the Tap 10 since Cenmansrat, “I Love You ‘Much too Much,” one of Zebop’s best known, sracks, was one of many songs that Bll Graham brought to Santana, Based on a Yiddish folk song, the rune was a personal favorite of Gra ham’. Santana chose to perform this song at Geahamis funeral, on March 2, 992 at Temple Emans-Elin San Francisco, The ‘80s found Santana branching off in many directions, He acted as musie director for Le Bemba, che 1986 film biography of 5Dsrock singer Ritchie Valens In’87, Santana collected his first Grammy, for che insteusmental ballad, “Blues for Salvador.” Two years later, he launched his own record label, Guts and Grace, and collaborated with Bay Area blues legend John Lee Hooker on the title track for Hook ‘ersalbum, The Healer “Tloved putting John Leein the same setting witha gugjra,” says Sancana, who also worked with Hooker on the latter’ 1995 Clif! Our al- ‘bum, “Ulimately, all songs come from Africa “Guamtanamera,’ “Twist and Shout,’ “Lowe Louie, ‘La Bombs’... There'd be none ofthat without Afsica In 1994, Santana went to bat for musical ‘multiculturalism when he was asked to play the second Woodstock festival. “My frse question,” be recalls,“was ‘Who's playing? * Frse they sid, "Te Aerosmith, Metallica, Gans N Roses and Pearl Jam And sid, ‘Wel, Tranot going tobe there. ‘Cause itsounded lke they just waned a bunch of white people from. Seattle. was expecting something closer co what se was he frst ime at Woodstock: 9 harmonie convergence, with people ofall colors coming together in a hopeful sprit. “(The Woodstock "94 organizers called me ‘ice and I declined. The thid time they sai ‘OK, we gor Rita Marley, Jimmy ChE, the [Neville Brothers and Arrested Development. I ‘aid ‘OK, cool. getting better, you know. Billoorrd magazine conferred its Century Award on Santana in 1996, an event thar set the stage for his current return to che lime- light, Shortly afterwatd, he signed with Davis, and Aris From there, chings began moving forward at saheady pace. “Once we'l signed the contract,” Santana e- calls, Davis] said, "You know I was calking to Lauryn Filan the phone, and Ffound outshe re- ally ikesyour music. gave her your phone num ber. hope yor don't mind, 46 SAN FRANCISCO E “So we talked, and Lauryn invited me to play on her CD." Carlos played guitar an “To Zion,” from Hills rouli-platinum smash, Tbe [Mixeducaion of Lauryn Hill. She then invited Santana to perform the song live wit her at the 1998 Grammy Awards “Tewas my first time ever [performing] at the Grammys,"hesays “Ana because ofthat, I connected with Erie Clapton, who was in che front row when we played” “The ewo guitar legends have been friends since 1971, But Clapton, embroiled in a change of management in 1998, had nor re- sponded ro earlier invitaions to perform on Supernatrel. Shortly after Gramny aight, however, Clapton concacted Santana, volun- teering hisservices and spologirng for histar- dliness in responding. “The Calling," ube to fpuitarists’ Supornararal due, i up for this year’ Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance “Brie lew in from New York, call “We had about four hours to record, and wespenthe rst three talking. Ache ast hour, wwe sui, “Oh yeah, let play Nothing was re- hearse, buc everything just fl into place im sediacely. ‘The whole album was like that Scheduling time with all he diffrent arts rook some patience. But the music was easyThere were no ego trips, no temper tantrums ews glorious hing” Pur Your Lights On,” Santana’ Supernatiy- al colaborition with Eeslst [Erie Scho s up for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or (Group with Vocal. “That acoaly the fst song that (Schrody] wrote after he came out of surgery" saysSancana.“He hada very bad heart, arta. And chat’ the firs song God gave him when he came chrough that. in ellyhonored that he shared it with me” Santana has two entries in che Best Pop Collaboration with Voelsxtegory: “Smooth” ‘wth Rob ‘Thomas and “Love of my Lif fea- cunng Dave Mathews. The latter song is based om» motif from a Brshms concer, + piece of music chat cate to have's special meaning or Carlos: “When my father passed ary (in 1997), 1 wouldn'listen co music for « week — which s the longest could go without music, he ss. “Uwasind of amb, But when finally turned oma radio, he fre thing t heard was Brahm’ “Concerto No. 2.” And man, i¢ jst hit me so dard Lbrougthe CD ino Electric Lady sus dios ona ell cold day in New York City. And I sid wo Dave Matthews, "Look, I have this tune, bat ner’ whae {want co do with it” We recorded the musi, but we had no lyrics. But then Dave was looking over my shoulder when Sik MAGAZINE, Sanday, Februry 20,2000Tas writing something for ny wife: You are the love of my life. You're the breath of my prayers. Take my hand, lead me on. Wich you is where Twant eo be? “And Dave said, ‘Oh, ‘those are the Iyrics? Those are just precious. We lefe him alone in the control room fora while and before I knew ithe wroweall the oth cer verses. Beautiful.” Whether or not Carlos Santana returns to San Rafael with his car srunk crammed with Grammys, it clear that the visionary ‘musician already has his re- ward: I'm 52 years old and I scill have my inner guid- ance,” he says. “Miles Davis comes to me a lot in my dreams. And Bill Gra- hham. Miles for musical guidance. Bill Graham for monetary and financial guidance. They're both constantly telling me when and how to duck. feel that I'm truly becoming che people I love. I look in the mirror and see that 'm be- ‘coming my father “Also, when I-vas a kid L ‘wanted to look like Finsein,” de laughs, “And now Pim be- ginning to ook like him, to, So God hasbeen really merci- ful with me. Tam becoming ‘my aspirations.” © Alan di Perna is the West Coase eitar of Guitar World smagezine anda frequent con- sributor 19 Pulse and other mai publicarions This sto’ crossword solution Asian American Dreams {Cantu fom page 9) ‘What we have earned can'tbe taken away. We wll be fill pares in the future of America. I see the evolution in my own farnily. My parents started out in Anmerica with litle more than their dreams and convictions. They ‘raised icchildren,sertching outaliving Oftheirsixchldren, there’ corporate manager, an entrepreneur a write, and three attorneys, ‘one of whom — my sister — isalso an engineer. Al the lawyers are ppblicservants who entered the law as idealists hoping to make adif- ference. —the writer —am the underachiever ofthe group, having ‘ended my formal education ata bachelor’s degree. ‘Auntie Betyysson Pete, my cousin the commercial arfinepilocwho {shalf Danish anal Chinese, likes to exclaim, “We're just ike the ‘United Nations.” ve heare many other Asian American families say ‘thesame thing. My extended fil besides heing Chinese American, jncludes Japanese-Okinawan American, Japanese American, Malaysian Chinese, Italian American, Scottsh-German-Telian American Filipino American, Afican American, Puerto Rican, and Jewish American. In the younger generation, there are scholars, athletes and everyting in between. One ofmy second cousinsissev- en feet two inches tll he plays professional basketball in overseas leagues. And, mostastonishing tome, someofimy niecesand nephews refuse to eat Chinese food, [have to tell cousin Pete that, actualy, ve'rejustlike che United Stats “My fathers buried in Burlington County, New Jerscy not far froma ‘where I grew up, ina cemetery overlooking the highway he drove on nearly everyday to deliver our homemade pile and ble baby novel- ‘Hes, Before his stroke, we asked him to tellsomeofhisstories on video= tape. They are familie stories, His voice broke, asit always had when, ‘he recounted the tragic deaths of hismother, brother and sserin-law atthe hands of the Japanese army Hlespoke once again ofthe Chinese voyager who might have discovered Americ, exclaiming, “If only ‘Cheng Ho had tumed let instead of tuning right!” We asked Dad what he thought about is sic American-born Chi- nese kids. Without hesitation he declared, “You're all too American! could do tall over agin, would raise you tobe more Chinese."It ‘was just like him, ever the eriteal Asian American immigrant parent ‘whose kids could neverachieve enough. Mysiblingsancl I, now adults with another generation of ABC children, jut stand rll our eyes, fidgeting at Dad’ taped words, the same way we did when we were clildren atthe dinner table. Inside Ismile [believe my mother when she says that Dad was rout of what his children had accomplished — thougis he would never tell sso himself That he had high hopes for his many grand children. His dreams and those of the Asian Americans who came | before him say within each of us. They are the memories of where ‘we've come from, thelessons of what we've ben through, anc the vi- sions of roads we have ye to wal: in this land ealled America. They sreour dreams, Asian American dreams. Excerped from she book Asian American Dreams: ‘The Emer- sence of an American People, published by Farrar, Straus & Girous. Copyright © 2000 Helen Zia, Reprinted with permision. All rights re- served. @ ‘Helen Zia isthe ater of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence ‘of An American People, former executive editor of Ms, Magezine, she rxdes inthe Eat Bay. 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