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Asian parenting comes with sacrifices


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When I was younger, my mother enrolled me in everything possible for me to suck at: dance classes, art classes and the worst — piano classes. I grew up in Diamond Bar, Calif., a suburb in East Los Angeles county filled with high-achieving and competitive Asian Americans who stuffed their schedules with AP classes and […]

Fox “Chinatown” segment is offensive to Asians


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Last week, before the vice presidential debate, the first general-election debate moderated by an Asian-American journalist, Fox News aired a segment on The O’Reilly Factor filled with every Asian stereotype you could think of. I remember secretly watching it during one my classes, after scrolling through Facebook and seeing posts of outrage and disgust from […]

Stop fetishizing and stereotyping Asian women


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I was born and raised in California. But despite this, I’ve spent a lot of my life receiving backhanded comments about being Asian. Since I don’t have a car at USC, I rely on Uber and Lyft to get me from place to place. I love the convenient price of UberPool and Lyft Line and the […]

Whitewashing exploits cultures of minorities


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I remember, very clearly, the first time I heard about the term “whitewashing,” the act of giving white actors preference in casting, especially in roles where the character is not white.  I almost didn’t want to believe it was real. From seventh grade to high school, Breakfast at Tiffany’s was one of my favorite films. I, […]

Asian-American beauty standards perpetuate colorism


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For most of my adolescence, I believed the lie that a lighter skin complexion was more worthy and signified greater beauty. As someone who grew up as a dark-skinned Asian, I knew I did not fall into that category. It was the first thing that anybody would ever point out whenever they saw me. I […]