Thanks so much for posting this. I was thinking about my history and
culture today, and this shed some light on my perspective on being
Asian America. When I was young, I really struggled with my identity.
I was embarrassed to speak my native tongue. But as I am getting more
comfortable with my own culture, I see these barriers put up by
society (or maybe it’s my imagination) that tells me that I don’t fit
in. I really think that we should put ourselves in another person’s
shoes and consider what it feels like to be someone of a different
color than one’s own, not just to say I understand, but to be
emphatic. No one knows what it is like to be white, Asian-American,
black, latino, but the least we can try is to put ourselves in their
shoes and consider how they would feel and think. Then, we can really
work towards racial equality and justice.