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Also, love the art in the book, it makes reading so much more entertaining

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“I was taught from an early age that everything white people did was better” this quote was actually somewhat heartbreaking because all races should be looked at as beautiful and everyone should love who they are. #honglit

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The most beautiful place I’ve ever gone to has to be Greece :)

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#honglit I Was Their American Dream is such a great book, I enjoyed reading and going through Malaka’s journey of adapting to white culture in order to fit

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bonus tweet: recently I've been listening to stargazing by the neighborhood!!

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#honglit “Yuh know, one time a fella from India who living up here call me a bastardized Indian because I didn’t know Hindi. And now look at dis, nah! De thing is: all a we in Trinidad is cultural bastards, Janet, all a we. Toutes bagailles! Chinese people, Black people

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the writing allows the reader to get a real understanding of the broken English the narrator has and also the quote shows how she is constantly being criticized and awaits for the day she can be proudly accepted as Trinidadian.

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a snack or treat that makes me happy to eat has to be goldfish crackers. so obsessed with them

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the interaction between Quang and Tong reminded of like teenagers in love :( it was so cute #honglit

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A really boring or random fact about me is that I love sleeping. I take 3 hour naps whenever I have the opportunity too. It’s amazing

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#honglit My favorite thing about Vietgone is the language. It reveals so much in a very cool casual way. For instance on page 43 he says “Maaan, I don’t wanna be an immigrant. Immigrants talk funny. People are mean to immigrants.”

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#honglit I loved that Dana basically is doing something that can potentially ruin or help her future. It really leaves you on edge trying to follow her as she tries to not only protect Rufus but herself as well.
#kindred

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@ProfCKHong We love you!!

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for spring break i really want to focus on myself and catch up on all my lectures

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“The immigrant’s first real introduction to surviving in English is profanity.” (Page 4) #honglit

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This shows her strength in the sense that of course discrimination is wrong, but it doesn’t lessen how she views herself. Instead it amazes her.

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#honglit “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonished me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me”- How It feels to Be Colored Me, By Sora Neale Hurston.

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My favorite animal is between dogs and dolphins. They’re both so cute and so friendly 🥺

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#honglit It’s sad on how things played out in the end, in regards to Dana&Alice. Rufus really played with Alices mental health and pushed her to her limit, then he tried to rape Dana. He got what he deserved in the end,but it’s so heartbreaking what these women had to experience