“The family was looking forward to this dinner, so why ruin the mood? You’re the only one impacted by AAPI hate crimes. Put your pain aside in a laundry basket. Go along to get along. You know this rule of politeness. I listened to my voice. In this country where a young white man having a bad day equates to the death of Asian women, I certainly understood the rule.”
Read More“Ice to small humans ages six to nine is still just frozen water. Sometimes it’s crushed. Other times it comes in cubes. But it’s not the same ICE I know it to be.”
Read More“Each morning, new guilt plagued my mind afresh. Did I miss out on Sonu’s cries? How long were the cries? Had the hearing aid slipped out of the ear again at night? The ear canal itched. Perhaps, I had yanked the device out myself. Were the batteries low in power? I should have checked them, changed them.”
Read More“I have to relearn everything I know. The shape of the world. How weather arrives. That not every cloud on the horizon is a plume of smoke, threatening to burn everything away.”
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