“Both my own experiences and my friends’ comments have exposed a critical and alarming issue that we have in society today: our limited and perhaps ingrained conceptions of nationality. ”
Where Are You Really From?
Tag: Racism
Dear Me
“Your being Asian was at the forefront of how you were identified – not for your smarts like Rachel, not for how athletic you were like Brenda, but on your skin colour.”
Traveller’s Checks
“I was powerless every time I was asked where I was from because I knew the answer they expected to hear, and I knew they would be disbelieving of the one I proffered.”