“You’re So Pretty, You Must Be Half-White”
I had my 14th and 15th birthdays during Covid, when anti-Asian violence was on the rise. Previously, I had experienced a few racist people pull their eyes back and make offensive remarks about eating dogs, but this was the first time I felt afraid and unwanted in my own country. I was horrified as my […]
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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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It’s More Than a Game
It was ideal New York weather to play basketball: a sunny, spring day. About a dozen of my friends and I had just finished school. When we got to the courts, we divided up and started playing, subbing in and out until we got tired. After we finished, I went over to the benches to […]
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It’s Not a Crime to Be Asian
In late March, I was casually taking what would turn out to be one of my final rides on the #2 train. At the time I had no idea that in a few days I’d be stuck at home because of the spread of the coronavirus, fearing for my mother’s life because of her lupus. […]
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