For Asian Americans, Sharing Our Grief Is an Act of Revolution

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'When we take up space with our grief, we dispel the 'model minority' myth that adamantly claims Asian Americans don’t experience racial trauma.' beyonkz

, Cathy Park Hong situates this silence in the context of our country’s racial politics. She writes: “When I hear the phrase ‘Asians are next in line to be white,’ I replace the world ‘white’ with ‘disappear.’ Asians are next in line to disappear. We are reputed to be so accomplished, and so law-abiding, we will disappear into this country’s amnesiac fog.

 

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