She recalls her adoptive Vietnamese parents arguing about her, the husband shouting, "Why did you have to get an Amerasian? "

Mothers of Amerasian children destroyed or hid photographs, letters and official papers that offered evidence of their American connections.

美亚混血儿的母亲毁掉或藏匿起能提供他们与美国人有联系的照片、信件和官方文件。

Mrazek, meanwhile, turned his attention to gaining passage of the Amerasian Homecoming Act, which he had authored and sponsored.

与此同时，穆雷查克将精力转向争取国会通过他发起并撰写的《美亚混血儿返乡法》。

It wasn't long before unofficial reports began to detail mental-health problems in the Amerasian community.

不久以后，非官方的报告开始详述美亚混血儿群体中出现的心理健康问题。

Located in bustling Katong district, this area was originally inhabited by both the Peranakans as well as the Eurasians.

在位于繁华的加东地区，这一地区原先居住的土生华人都以及欧亚。

At the moment, Eurasians are enjoying an unprecedented high profile in the news, in advertising, and in the entertainment industry.

此时此刻，新闻、广告和娱乐圈对欧亚混血儿都有空前广泛的介绍。

Modeling agencies are scrambling for women with mixed blood, while Eurasians are becoming the darlings of music stations MTV and Channel V.

模特儿经纪公司竞相争夺混血美女，欧亚混血儿俨然成为音乐频道MTV及Channel V的宠儿。

Does this current prominence of Eurasians represent a new acceptance, or is it merely a marketing twist on old racial biases?

现今欧亚混血的声望，是否代表一种新的包容，或仅是在旧的种族偏见基础上的市场手段？

Eurasians have not always basked in the warm glow of public attention.

欧亚混血儿并非生来就沐浴于公众关心的温煦的光辉之中。

These early ancestors of modern Eurasians disperse into parts of the world that had more seasonal sunshine and much lower levels of sun radiation.

这些近代欧亚人的早期祖先散布到世界各地，这些地区的季节性阳光更多，太阳辐射水平低得多。

People of numerous cultures have embraced Eurasians like actresses Karen Mok and Maggie Q, not to mention superstar golf player Tiger Woods.

许多源自不同文化的人都相当欣赏混血儿，诸如莫文蔚、玛吉Q等等，更不要说超级高尔夫明星泰格·伍兹了。

The dark shadows of the past are receding , even in Vietnam, where discrimination against Amerasians has faded.

过去那些黑暗阴影正在消逝，甚至在越南，对美亚混血儿的歧视也消失了。

As adults, some Amerasians would say that they felt cursed from the start.

作为成年人，一些美亚混血儿会说他们从一开始就受到诅咒。

We were their meal ticket, and people offered a lot of money to Amerasians willing to claim them as mothers and grandparents and siblings.

我们就是他们的饭票，人们出很多钱，希望美亚混血儿能认他们为母亲或祖父母或兄弟姐妹。

For Amerasians the journey to a new life would be much tougher.

对美亚混血儿来说，前往新生活的旅程要艰难得多。

Of all the immigrants in the United States, the Amerasians, I think, are the group that's had the hardest time finding the American Dream.

我想，在所有追寻美国梦的美国移民中，美亚混血儿是经受最多磨难的一群人。

Like most Amerasians still in Vietnam, she was uneducated and unskilled.

她像大多数仍留在越南的美亚混血儿一样，没有受到良好的教育，也没有什么技能。

And I told him about the Amerasians who got off welfare and are giving voice to the once-forgotten children of a distant war.

我告诉他那些美亚混血儿开始争取福利，正在努力表达一场远去的战争之后，一度被遗忘了的孩子们的心声。

Washington, like Hanoi, wanted to use the Amerasians as leverage for settling larger issues between the two countries.

华盛顿也像河内一样，希望利用美亚混血儿作为解决两国间更大问题的杠杆。

Not until 1986, in secret negotiations covering a range of disagreements, did Washington and Hanoi hold direct talks on Amerasians' future.

直到1986年，在一系列涉及各种分歧的秘密谈判中，华盛顿和河内才举行直接会谈，讨论美亚混血儿的前途问题。

I asked some Amerasians if they were expecting Le Van Minh, who lived not far away in a two-bedroom house, to come to the gala.

我问一些美亚混血儿，他们是否希望黎文明（LeVanMinh）来参加盛会，他就住在不远处的双卧室房。