Goooooood morning. Thanks for calling me out last week as I tried to fly by the radar without publishing. My 21 year old brother is in Los Angeles staying with me for the first time. That, along with AAPI hate crimes happening in the world has me reflecting a lot on the way we grew up.
Glad you feel like a good start in Los Angeles, Alex. I feel the same way in your story in a different setting. I grew up in China with all the same race and culture around me, and I came to the United States as an exchange student in Abbeville, Louisiana. It looks so much like the pics you show, a small town where everyone knows each other. I live in all black, very few white and 3 Asian(we are all exchange student) town. I felt like an outsider as I am only Asian there in the school. I am in Los Angeles now, and my exchange experience has to put in more dynamic content and perspective for me, especially to see what is happening around us now.
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Glad you feel like a good start in Los Angeles, Alex. I feel the same way in your story in a different setting. I grew up in China with all the same race and culture around me, and I came to the United States as an exchange student in Abbeville, Louisiana. It looks so much like the pics you show, a small town where everyone knows each other. I live in all black, very few white and 3 Asian(we are all exchange student) town. I felt like an outsider as I am only Asian there in the school. I am in Los Angeles now, and my exchange experience has to put in more dynamic content and perspective for me, especially to see what is happening around us now.
Common Discourse is something I definitely count on, glad it’s back!