• My Father, the Alien. Me, the Backseat Driver of the Squad Car. (2007) by Dojiang Wang

  My father learned to drive stick shift in Taiwan, and he learned to ride a motorcycle on the highways of New Jersey. Read more Tags: taiwan jersey

• "I Am an American-Born Chinese" by Edward Cheng (2007) by moca

  – I am an American-born Chinese. A child of immigrants who met in the States. My parents have always tried to instill some bit of Chinese pride within me. I was made to watch the latest videos from Hong ... Read more Tags: american-born parade

• "Ode to My Chinese Grandmother" by Helen Chu-Lapiroff (2007) by moca

  Brooklyn, New YOrk – In America, she was present in body, but never in spirit. Through her fantastic stories of having stowed away in a boat to reach America in the wake of the Communist Revolution, it was only too evident ... Read more Tags: new york chinese grandmother

• "My ABC Daughter" by Pamela Wang Anderson (2007) by moca

  Indianapolis, IN – Thanksgiving When I was a little girl, the toughest holiday for me was Thanksgiving. It was because of Thanksgiving that I knew my family wasn’t normal. School, the source of socia ... Read more

• "When I Felt American" by Hao Li (2007) by moca

  washington DC – My mother and I had become US citizens nine years ago in 1998. I remember pledging allegiance under the American flag for the first time in the immigration office. I questioned if I was ready to renoun ... Read more

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