I’m not easily offended and can’t say that I’m overly sensitive about race. I’m more of a realist and a jaded New Yorker. I expect to see at least one upsetting thing every time I step out of my apartment; I try to shrug them off and am usually successful. I’ve been hardened over the years.

But I don’t wear this as a badge - it’s more of a coping mechanism. You’d think that the more diverse a city is, the less racist it is - but you’d be wrong. Diversity seems to help educate a population to the different cultural practices that exist, but being educated about something doesn’t automa...

It’s not a secret that there’s a prevalent fetishization of Asian women that exists in both Western and Eastern cultures. A fantasy that an Asian woman should be a certain way; that there’s a mold she’s created from and thus conforms to.