Growing up Asian in America means you grow up, like everyone else, entrenched in a culture and society built upon a foundation of white supremacy. But unlike those whom the system was built for, minorities struggle to be part of a system and structure that doesn’t fully accept them.
Growing up Asian in America means you grow up, like everyone else, entrenched in a culture and society built upon a foundation of white supremacy. But unlike those whom the system was built for, minorities struggle to be part of a system and structure that doesn’t fully accept them.
In this week's conversation! We look at aspects of ourselves we didn't even THINK of examining until fairly recently. Being Asian American means that often the white-adjacent privilege afforded to us also blinds us from examining the system that grants it --- it's a force that both giveth and taketh. We touch on beauty standards and Dawson's Creek, stories that are supposedly formative, and the dominant culture where you WATCHED STAR WARS AS A KID, RIGHT??!!