Sigh. This post is like a huge garage dump for all my conflicted thoughts on several interrelated matters. I revised the title like 3 times already because I kept delving into other topics from the one topic I wanted to write about. Sometimes it feels like the gap in the generational and cultural differences between…… Continue reading Mixed Feelings about Race, Language, and People
I have never attempted to “pass” as another ethnic background than the one I identify as, though there was most certainly a time when I hated the background I came from. I dislike the association that still persists in some places in the world that a non-white person is a foreigner. Yeah, I have a…… Continue reading Hiding My Ethnic Background?? 😵
Growing up, I didn’t truly know the word “Asian” meant. I’m unsure if I do now because the term is so subjective. I knew I was Chinese, but I was not entirely sure if I identified as Asian. My understanding of the Asian diaspora was very narrow. As a kid, I embarrassingly could only name…… Continue reading Identity Confusion
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