Minor Feelings : A Reckoning on Race and the Asian Condition by Cathy Park Hong

Minor Feelings : A Reckoning on Race and the Asian Condition by Cathy Park HongWhat happens when an immigrant believes the lies they're told about their own racial identity? For Cathy Park Hong, they experience the shame and difficulty of "minor feelings". The daughter of Korean immigrants, Cathy Park Hong grew up in America steeped in shame, suspicion, and melancholy. She would later understand that these "minor feelings" occur when American optimism contradicts your own reality. With sly humour and a poet's searching mind,

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