Asian Americans like me are fighting hate with tradition
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Ian Kumamoto writes about racism facing Asian Americans in the US today and combating it by leaning into tradition. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, hate crimes have been on the rise.
Mom would make her salmon fried rice and would place it among an enormous banquet of wonton soups, pork buns and fish bathed in soy sauce and ginger. Afterward, we would lay on a couch or doze off on our chairs before the adults would try and stuff red envelopes filled with money into our hands. When I moved to New York for college, I continued the tradition, albeit among festive strangers in the family-owned restaurants on Pell Street in Chinatown.More Related News