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In my search for an honest way to write about race, I wanted to comfort the afflicted, but more than that, I wanted to afflict the comfortable; I wanted to make them squirm in shame, probably because I too identify with the comfortable.
Cathy Park Hong • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Imperial hula circuits in the twentieth century intensified an imagined intimacy between Hawai‘i and the United States.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
filled with the kind of determined cheer that masked a deeper despair.
Ruth Ozeki • The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel
And because denial, fabrication—storytelling—was her way of staying one step ahead of her life, how could any of us tell her she was wrong?
Ocean Vuong • On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
"Growing up, I never thought about being adopted. It’s something that happened a long time ago and explains why I don’t look like my white parents, but that’s about it. It’s the missing piece of the puzzle that puts others at ease. It’s the fact I have stashed in my back pocket for those group icebreakers.
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Julie Otsuka • The Buddha in the Attic
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