Things that bug me
dislike when people equate Asian American books with Asian books.
Many books by authors in the Asian diaspora just give me his weird feelings. Partly because some of them often romanticise their cultural roots and misrepresent Asian culture and people in Asia.
Why do some HK people think others have the right to complain only when they have it worse than us? Yes, we’re being treated in a wrong and unjust way. But why does it mean people in other places have to keep their mouth shut if the wrong they suffer isn’t as bad as ours? We want things to improve for ourselves. We should measure against the ideal,
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Not trying to be arrogant but I do take pride in how I came across international issues. Learning about global issues from research, often from the perspective of those who are less advantaged and from the perspective of solving longstandin
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