I spent the first 21 years of my life in China and I never experienced racism. It’s not that the Chinese aren’t racist. There just weren’t any other races for…
Bernice Jing Ye
Those are the three most random words to appear together in a subject line. But somehow, growing up in China in the 1980s, they describe the beginning, middle and end…
I didn’t come to the US until I was 21. The concept of prom just blew my mind. What?!? Schools and teachers will organize huge parties and obligate teenagers to…
This is typical when I, a first-generation immigrant of Chinese descent, meet someone new. “Where are you from?” “Seattle.” “No no no, where are you REALLY from?” (Rolling my eyes,…
- Culture
First, You Should Hold the Upper Chopstick like a Pencil, About a Third of the Way from Its Top
I’m 100% made in China. And like everything else made in China, I’m a little… defective. You see, I don’t know how to hold my chopsticks properly. In fact, it’s…
