Another year, another review. Big gratitude for all of the parts of my life, including you if you have been here at all. Please enjoy looking back on the progress of making me!
All tagged Race
What my Asian Mother Would Tell Young Black Leaders
Months and Months of experience and work have culminated into this letter. I spent all of the summer commuting daily with the protestors. I worked hard, stayed humble, and listened to black leadership. After serious thinking, I turn to them the same advice my mother gave to me. I was able to read this at Uprising Sun on Feb 4th.
Dear Tony, A Bad Taste
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Please enjoy a story, past and present, to hopefully soften the dinner table in these tumultuous times. Be health, be good, savor whatever happiness you can find this holiday
Hefei: Family and Friends
Traveling through Hefei to connect and reconnect with Family. I make a great group of Ex-pat friends, but the “Paris of China” is not highly recommended on my travel list. Still, wondrous adventures!
A bit about what my cultural experiences have been, a blend of Asian and whiteness that are apparent to all that know me; and how those experiences will shape how I approach the cultural experiences in front of me
I review Gambino’s This is America and compare it’s message against the outrage that the qipao prom dress stirred up. Spoiler: I fangirl hard for Donald Glover and think that masses are misdirected.
Black Panther stands above and apart in the Parthenon of superhero movies in many aspects. It's diverse, it's got a great message, it looks beautiful, and it's an important and successful first step to making the mainstream more representative. There's a few legitimate criticisms, but that's high level nitpicking. However, that's pretty much what this blog is!
Genuine, gentle, nuanced opinion on the Charlottesville protests, quickly reviewing the obvious [Fuck Trump. Fuck Nazi's. Black Lives Matter.] and expanding on some nuances [They're justifiably angry, there's so much worse, we should be optimistic.] I'm trying to be fair, honest, balanced, truthful. Persuasive if you're so inclined. Enjoy! Take it as a whole! Cheers!
Reread Americanah for a book club. 4.54/5.00. Could touch on poverty more. Occasionally bias/generalizes. But all the characters and their stories are great. Has astute observations and situations that are well worth understanding and dissecting.
4.59/5.00 Great Graphic novel, also very representative in a field that could use it. Worth analyzing and pouring over. Beautiful all around.
Atlanta is the show you must be watching. I examine a small story in Episode Three and offer my opinion on what Donald Glover is trying to tell us, particularly how a passive bias and common argument in the fight for gender equality detracts from communicating effectively or solving the issue.