The discriminatory view of non-Chinese ethnic groups as being retrograde and of low class was a lot more virulent in times past, which is why the self-identity of older generations has been so much more severely affected by it.
還有更多親戚跑來訓誡他：「咱的祖先是做大官的，咱是貴族，怎會是番呢？」對於身份的認同，在過去那種「番」等於不開化、沒水準的歧視中，父祖一輩的內心衝擊更大。