Almost Derailed by the Pandemic
Last year I was in the spring semester of my junior year at Queens College when COVID-19 shut school down. At first, I was excited that I wouldn’t have to wake up early for class anymore. Then I found out I was getting kicked out of the dorm—which was my home. For the past three […]
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Our Close Call With COVID
It was the third day of Ramadan, and about one month into the coronavirus pandemic. The ear-piercing racket of ambulance sirens resonated constantly throughout my New York City neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens. But another sound troubled me even more. My 76-year-old grandma was gasping for air. She sat slouched on her bed, leaning against the […]
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What the “Model Minority” Myth Gets Wrong: A Conversation
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Asian Americans have been affected by surging rates of unemployment and increased aggression due to rising xenophobia. Asian youth are not immune to these developments, which they see affecting their friends, family, and neighborhoods. Two of our writers, Helen Chen and Richi Barua, have been trying to articulate their feelings on […]
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We Work the Hardest and Suffer the Most
Living in a worldwide pandemic is not easy for anybody. For me, one of the harshest truths I’ve learned during this time is how our economic system underserves some communities, revealing unfair treatment toward those most in need. In recent months, I have gained a better understanding of how society attends to people of different […]
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