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Good read, mostly in the format of a script / Law & Order type procedural of how Asian people are defined and limited by stereotypes.
"You make your face into a mask—dead in the eyes. Not a person. Not a real one anyway. A type. Generic. It’s a form of protection. Keep yourself inside this costume, this role. You lay it on a little thicker with the accent, break up your grammar a bit more."
"TURNER He’s internalized a sense of inferiority. To White people, obviously. But also to Black people. Does ...more
"You make your face into a mask—dead in the eyes. Not a person. Not a real one anyway. A type. Generic. It’s a form of protection. Keep yourself inside this costume, this role. You lay it on a little thicker with the accent, break up your grammar a bit more."
"TURNER He’s internalized a sense of inferiority. To White people, obviously. But also to Black people. Does ...more
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