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What Happens to All the Asian-American Overachievers When the Test-Taking Ends? -- New York Magazine - Nymag

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Sometimes I’ll glimpse my reflection in a window and feel astonished by what I see. Jet-black hair. Slanted eyes. A pancake-flat surface of yellow-and-green-toned skin. An expression that is nearly reptilian in its impassivity. I’ve contrived t [...]

Wesley Yang Photo: Marco Grob. Grooming by Reneé Majour for Orlando Pita T3/Jump. Sometimes I’ll glimpse my reflection in a window and feel astonished by what I see. Jet-black hair. Slanted eyes. A pancake-flat surface of yellow-and-green-toned skin. An expression that is nearly reptilian in its impassivity. I’ve contrived to think of this face as the equal in beauty to any other. But what I feel in these moments is its strangeness to me. It’s my face. I can’t disclaim it. But what does it have to do with me? Millions of Americans must feel estranged from their own faces. But every self-e

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