I am an expert in the art of losing.
Cathy Park Hong – Minor Feelilngs
Art of Losing
A
Silence’s Dilemma
S
The problem with silence is that it can’t speak up and say why it’s silent.
Cathy Park Hong – Minor Feelilngs
Racialized Emotions
R
Minor feelings are the racialized range of emotions that are negative, dysphoric, and therefore untelegenic…
Cathy Park Hong – Minor Feelilngs
Struggle to Survive
S
Our struggle is not about self-expression but about how to survive.
Cathy Park Hong – Minor Feelilngs
Racism in America
R
America’s favorite pastime is not baseball, it’s not football, it’s racism.
Cathy Park Hong – Minor Feelilngs
Racial Self-Perception
R
Racial self-hatred is seeing yourself the way whites see you…
Cathy Park Hong – Minor Feelilngs
Cultural Creativity
C
My creativity is inseparable from my Koreanness.
Cathy Park Hong – Minor Feelilngs
Gratitude for Tokenism
G
We were supposed to be grateful for our token status, to remain silent and beholden.
Cathy Park Hong – Minor Feelilngs
Mutating to Fit In
M
Assimilation is mutating yourself to become invisible.
Cathy Park Hong – Minor Feelilngs
Asian American Anxiety
A
Anxiety is the fundamental state of being Asian American.
Cathy Park Hong – Minor Feelilngs