I Am Who I Say I Am
I Am Who I Say I Am
How I Let Go of Fear and Embraced My Creativity
“You never leave your bubble, Mom. You’re afraid of everything.” As my scene partner uttered these words to me during rehearsal, I was reminded of my own mother and all those times I told her that I'd do something and she’d look at me and say, “Are you sure it’s safe?”.
Big Chink Energy
On my first day home from Kindergarten, I told my parents, “no one looks like me.”
Memory Mondays
One of the first emotions that I felt when I started on my race and identity journey was embarrassment. I was embarrassed that I was so late to the game. I was embarrassed that I didn’t know about Model Minority Myth or the Chinese Exclusion Act. And then I was angry that nobody told me about these key things that I embodied.
Green Light
Hi. My name is Ching - and since it ends in g and not k, it's not racist.
When I started seventh grade, my mom began chemotherapy.
Magsalita (To Speak)
“Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika ay higit pa sa hayop at malansang isda.” (He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish.) — Jose Rizal
Considering Culture
Having gone to a predominantly Asian school in East London, I was met with expectations from a school which was mostly staffed of white middle-class teachers. I felt that the prospects put against young British South Asians, specifically girls like myself, are often that of middle-class and white prospects…