When Looks Deceive: Being Biracial in PolandPosted in Articles, Asian Diaspora, Autobiography, Europe, Media Archive on 2016-12-11 21:21Z by Steven |
When Looks Deceive: Being Biracial in Poland
Wanderfull
2016-11-14
Julia Kitlinski-hong
San Francisco, California
It was a late December evening and my mom had just arrived in Krakow, where I had been studying for the past three months. We were making our way from my apartment to where she was staying in the nearby city center.
As we approached the Main Square, a group of rowdy young men approached us.
It happened in a brief second, but their words were unmistakably clear.
“Ching-ching-chong.”
It lingered in the shadows of the street long after they disappeared down the road…
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