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Straddling the divide between Asian and North American Culture

Maltose lollipop anyone?

According to the name of the image file, I took this photo back in 2019 but I saw it again

Recently, I started to think about my surname. We’ve all heard heard that some English surnames like Miller, Smith, Hunter,

So here is a story about what is probably racism. I want to claim that it’s just pride and deep-seated

I am slightly outraged and I can’t say why. But, I will try. When I look around at people I know who

My mum is so whacked and I can’t take all of the credit for giving her her issues from raising

My Google Alert on “Asian American Literature” brought me Dali Zheng’s blog article, “Outmarriage Is Cultural Failure”. Even before I

I was culling my digital music collection on a solo Friday night which probably influenced which songs and genres got

While many Asian-American bloggers and writers cried foul after reading Amy Chua’s Wall Street Journal article “Why Chinese Mothers Are

Have you heard the crank call that goes like this: Caller: Hi, is Wing there? Answer: No. Caller: Oh, I guess I must

I’m so behind. I still haven’t read the “Too Asian” article my own country’s weekly magazine published late last year