We don’t need to rely on stats to know that racial harassment against Asian Americans is on the rise. We can feel it. From the comments about a US Olympian’s heritage to the non-Asian man shouting “go back to...
Vi Nguyen
Vi Nguyen
To the people who “don’t care” about Asian representation issue
At the beginning of the New Year, Logan Paul released a video of himself venturing into the restricted Aokigahara Forest in Japan. I woke up feeling enraged, and I wasn’t alone. My friend Lexi, who doesn’t usually keep...
I’m not feeling the “Chinese Burn”
“Chinese girls, sweet and submissive Chinese girls,” the narrator says in the introduction of the newly released BBC show, “Chinese Burn”. “Everyone knows what Chinese girls are like right? Wrong! ” the narrator pauses...
Why don’t you ask the Vietnamese about the Vietnam War?
On September 28, 2017, award-winning director Ken Burns released the final episode of his 10-part documentary, The Vietnam War. When it ended, tears were running down my face. I screamed inside, thinking about all those...
Nobody can call ‘dibs’ on beauty standards
Re-discovery of Korean Beauty Brands On a blazing hot day in Southern California, my friends and I strolled down a pathway surrounded by stores such as the pink-decorated Victoria’s Secret and See’s Candies, where...