Bruce Reyes-Chow: “But I Don’t See You as Asian”

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“Don’t be so Sensitive”    by Bruce Reyes-Chow

This is an excerpt from Bruce Reyes-Chow’s new book, But I Don’t See You as Asian: Curating Conversations about Race available now on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

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My middle daughter, Abby, is a soccer player. She has played since kindergarten. She is also the kid that we have to constantly ask to “stop kicking the ball in the house,” as she is always dribbling some spherical item off of any and every surface she can—including off of unsuspecting sisters and parental units.

My Sister’s Birthday

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Birthdays are special!

Growing up in a Korean household, my mother always made miyeok guk for breakfast on my birthday.  She would get up extra early to make this special soup for me so that I can have it before I went off to school.  She did this every single birthday as far as