"When I was in middle school, I was asked why I failed a math test because I was told Asians were supposed to be smart and good at math. Then later... when I got to college? I had made Asian friends, but as soon as they found out I didn't speak fluent Mandarin? They kicked me from their group because I wasn't Asian enough. Because I didn't know my own language that half of me came from. So therefore, the Asian community didn't want me either. As I got jobs? Asians would come in and stick their nose up at me. They would- they would treat me like I was the lowest of the low. Like I was inferior and nothing, just because I was half. I didn't fit in on either side."
"I'm so sorry." Michael continued to hold my hand as he tried to not cry for me.
"I grew up hearing my mother explain who I was
