Opinion: ‘You’re not a true Asian’Posted in Articles, Asian Diaspora, Autobiography, Media Archive, United States on 2017-05-14 18:30Z by Steven |
Opinion: ‘You’re not a true Asian’
CU Independent
Boulder, Colorado
2017-05-04
Hayla Wong, Head Opinion Editor
 Olivia Munn, who is half-Asian and half-white. (Courtesy: Flickr/Gage Skidmore) |
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“But you’re not a true Asian,” people say when I try to assert an Asian identity.
I never gave these comments too much significance because yeah, it’s true. I’m half and half, Taiwanese and white, hapa, mixed. I’m not white. I’m not Asian.
But why do my friends feel it necessary to police my identity?…
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