Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu may be the “It Girls” of the #Beijing2022 Olympics, but the Games are also highlighting the harsh duality Asian Americans face.
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As a child of immigrants, you may have been loved fiercely, but you may have also been loved in pieces. And when you are loved in pieces, you are taught that there are parts of you that are unworthy and unloveable. That sticks with you.
After a head injury left her with vestibular disorder, Jill D. Griffin felt tremendous shame and guilt. "Who wants someone with an undiagnosed head injury on their team?" she writes. https://t.co/1qkInLKgbq
Asian Americans shouldn't have to prove that we are good enough to be here. That kind of thinking reinforces the dangerous stereotype that Asian Americans are foreigners and guests of this country. We belong, irregardless of our merit.
When you’re told that you didn’t grow taller because you didn’t eat enough as a child...
And when you’re told you still have a chance to grow if you eat more...
I’m a 5’0” 23 year old...
@gaaenjeon: *begins to cough violently*
me: uhh you good? do you need water? tea?
grace: no, *cough* i just need to die
me, patting her back: just shut up