Never take for granted your ability to understand your parents. My parents sit around our table sobremesa discussing important issues. I can understand primitive phrases but I can’t get a clear idea of how my parents make their decisions, which I presume to be talked through and deeply analyzed. Some people don’t face language barriers within theirContinue reading “The language barrier”
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5 ways in which people stereotype Asians these days
1. Mocking or trying to imitate the language: Ching chong, ling long, ting tong. YES, THAT IS WHAT CHINESE SOUNDS LIKE. YOU’RE GOING TO DO GREAT IN CHINA, KID. No! That’s not what it sounds like! That’s simplifying and degrading a really old and ancient language that carries significance in my life! How would youContinue reading “5 ways in which people stereotype Asians these days”
Yellow fever
Asian invasion, takin’ over your nation… I think that growing up in a Christian private school, the way for me to most feel singled out is not by gender, since I had half of the students there to back me up. It was not by sexual orientation, because I am among the majority and becauseContinue reading “Yellow fever”
Cat Zhang 