Restoried Selves : Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists

The preface starts talking about single stories. How a story gets told so many times that we start to believe it.

Asian Pacific Americans are grouped together, despite differences in culture and conflicts between ethnic groups.

Oppression is mentioned a few times. How this minority group faces trouble in the sense that people think of them in negative ways.

However some think of them as exotic.
There is a mix.

The activists mentioned in the book spend time in high school and college. They believe in many groups and the struggle for freedom is what unites them.

The first story touches on the difficulties of being queer and Asian. She worries about fitting into her native country, how she would have a hard time coming out. In America she is worried about being Asian.

The story touches on the conflict between Africans and Asians. Africans feel like Asians make more money, and blame them for taking it away from the African community.

She talks about trying to stop the use of homophobic slurs. She found success in her high school.

She talks about the gossip she faced when the news of her coming out spread.

So far I like this book. It is informative and relate-able. 


Comments

  1. AnonymousDecember 14, 2018 at 11:13 AM

    i love the idea of reading about POC in the LGBTQ+ community. far too often we focus on the white gay community and seldom explore the other communities, especially when they are further marginalized

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