2 halves of a whole
Off the Beat
Despite its sometimes arbitrary use, my Chinese name has always felt like a gift: I was the last one in my family named by my great-grandmother.
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An elegy for all the R’s I rolled
Something to write home about
I want to extend this advice to all readers: In this lockdown, watch some movies from different parts of your parents’ countries — or even your friends’.
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The many languages of love
While my American friends received hugs, kisses and praise from their parents, I felt that I was always making a mess in my parents’ eyes.
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UC Berkeley launches scanning service to turn print material into electronic format
UC Berkeley is now offering a scanning service that will turn print material into an electronic format, making it more accessible to campus faculty.
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Being the American abroad
When I first got to campus in summer 2018, my backpack was covered in political pins. Just three months later, when I boarded my flight to London to study abroad, my backpack was bare.
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Dumplings full of culture
The Half of It
The childhood memories associated with food always remind me of the significance of my Chinese heritage that is erased because I’m mixed. Even when the world may not perceive me as Chinese, these memories of cooking with family and friends affirm my connection to China.
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Chinese enough
The Half of It
I realized, walking through the streets of old Guangzhou, that China is my home. There’s no one way to “look” Chinese or be Chinese, and that any way I feel is true to me should be sufficient for everybody else.
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Not your exotic trophy
The Half of It
But I am not a doll for anyone to parade around and brag about. I am not a dish spiced mildly enough to round out a white man’s palate without challenging his Eurocentric views.
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My mixed family is not the solution to your racial divides
The Half of It
I felt like only I could understand exactly what was going on in both languages. So I bore double the burden and experienced double the emotional pain. I was the only thing keeping my parents together, the only person who could get them to communicate.
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‘A new form of censorship’: Protect your local newspapers or they’ll disappear
NATIONAL ISSUES: Local papers are closing their doors across the country, and residents have the power to stop this epidemic
Last month, the East Bay Express laid off its entire editorial staff — except for one editor.
Unfortunately, this represents a national trends in which local newspapers in the United States are collapsing at an alarming rate, leaving many communities without essential news coverage.
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