Swallowing the Bitterness of Asian American Racism

The burden of swallowing anti-Asian racism is making America and me sick.

This article was featured in One Great Story , New York ’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. “Residents and officials watch as traditional Chinese dancers perform in a Lunar New Year ceremony in Chinatown on February 12, 2021, in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Once, as a child riding in the back seat of the family station wagon, I told my mom that someone was following us. I’d seen spy movies on TV; I thought it would be fun to evade some imaginary bad guys. But she reacted with real fear, urging me to lie

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