My daughter asked me if she is white. As her brother tried to answer the question, looking at his colouring pencils and bringing his own…
It’s a look of adjustment. Coloured people have felt it since the ancient time, since the long, long ago when the sun stopped shining where…
You know when you’re a kid and someone says to you, “I bet I can beat you to that tree!” so you break into a…
My capsule hotel had bigger beds and cheaper rates than anything else in the area, but it didn’t have walls around its showers. So as…
“You can’t be into surfing because you’re Asian.” Oh yes, you got me. Everything I do must actually fit your racist stereotype of what an…
It is so cold in Istanbul that it cramps my spine. Hiding my face from the cutting air, I see an old lady chopping painted…
Growing up, I was always grateful for my cultural experience. From being raised on rice to instinctively perking up whenever an adult says anak, I…
I’m not your fetish. I’m not easy for you to obtain, and I’m not an object of your affections. I am a Chinese girl with…
The pollution is so dense; I can actually see it lingering in the air. Droplets of sweat ooze from my pores as I am struck…
