Eurocentrism

There’s another term for breech babies in Malaysian Buddhism and mythology — lotus children. We’re believed to be particularly blessed by the gods themselves, already seated in an upright, meditative pose in our mothers’ wombs.

No matter what, I look ‘too Asian,’ and not in a way that lets me be proud. In other words, I have constantly been made aware that I am other.

On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 101, an education bill that will require every student at a public high school in the state to take an ethnic studies course.