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
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
