Help on understanding a poem

My english teacher has assigned my class to write a paper on "Saying Yes" by Diana Chang. We are suppose to answer the question "What causes personal or societal dissonance?" Now the problem is I have read the poem, but I dont see an ounce of dissonance in the poem. Maybe someone can help me? I will paste the poem below.

Saying Yes

“Are you Chinese?”
“Yes.”

“American?”
“Yes.”

“Really Chinese?”
“No . . . not quite.”

“Really American?”
“Well, actually, you see . . .”

But I would rather say
yes

Not neither-nor,
not maybe,
but both, and not only

The homes I’ve had,
the ways I am

I’d rather say it
twice,
yes

Honestly? I have no Idea. If someone has the answer. PLEASE. let me know.

Dissonance referring to sound?

If you take that literally, the poem, being a modern one, is characterized by lack of rhyme or meter scheme that would give it a pleasing sound when a person would read it.

If your teacher meant dissonance referring to lack of agreement, then:

The Chinese cannot make a definite choice. He/she keeps bouncing in between choices, then takes them back, causing confusion and thus, dissonance.

Poems don't have to have meaning.