Hey there! I'm Vivian. Sometimes I write about life and sometimes I write about teaching.

Earlier today I was listening in to an Instagram Live conversation about Zaretta Hammond’s levels of culture. This sparked interactions about how BIPOC have often been conditioned to do things that go against their own culture so that they can fit in.

In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, here is a short list of some things I did as a kid to fit in:

• I tried to highlight my hair with Sun In. That doesn’t work with black Asian hair. (I know I wrote about this in another blog post…)
• I wouldn’t eat white rice or Chinese food.
• I researched ways to look like I have a “double eyelid” without having to have surgery.
• I refused to learn to speak Mandarin or Taiwanese, even though Taiwanese was technically one of my first languages.

Not anymore–#veryasian and proud!

  1. Lainie Levin says:

    And you’re beautiful and wonderful and amazing, and I’m grateful to know the you that is fearlessly, earnestly…YOU.

  2. pfornale says:

    An inspiring celebration of embracing our origins and what they contribute to what we are–in a time when we can truly understand the value of heritage!

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