Here's What I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self. No tales of being shoved in lockers or bashed in the head, but constant, near-daily reminders that I did not look like others in my almost totally white school. When papers were handed out in class, I was frequently confused with the few other Asian girls in my school. Rather than Asian girls being seen as ugly or invisible, here, girls like me were perfectly normal — and even fetishized at times. If I could go back to the early 2000s, I would tell my younger self that her experience is temporary.

Source: Huffington Post October 09, 2024 12:20 UTC