Home Forums US Life “Why I’ve Stopped Telling People I’m Not Chinese” This topic has [3] replies, 0 voices, and was last updated 5 years ago by Calboi. Now Editing ““Why I’ve Stopped Telling People I’m Not Chinese”” Name * Password * Email Topic Title (Maximum Length 80) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/opinion/coronavirus-chinese-asian-racism.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage ... But what I’ve come to realize over the past few weeks is that even if I don’t identify with that designation and find it overly broad, like it or not, it shapes how people see me. The only path forward for any of us requires a united front. If someone says, “You Chinese are killing us,” I am in that moment Chinese. Whether I give the other person a piece of my mind or not — awkward, perhaps, from six feet away — my instinct should be indignation, not deflection. Because one of many lessons I’ve learned from the pandemic and its consequences is that focusing on being misidentified by a xenophobe is nothing better than trying to negotiate a more accurate insult. I agree to the terms of service Update List
