As an Asian American, I Cannot Outrun Racism
I was verbally assaulted by a white woman while out for a run. It s damaged my sense of running as a safe space.
By Jinghuan Liu Tervalon / Photography by Alexis Hunley Apr 8, 2021 Alexis Hunley
“You sweaty pig! Put a mask on!” I heard those words during a Tuesday morning run in my neighborhood in Altadena, California. With my mask already on, I moved farther away from a white woman walking a dog.
Yet she did not stop. “You’re disgusting! Get the f - out of my street!”
I was already on the other side of the street, with a full mask on, while two other white women walked by without masks.
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This article is adapted from this year’s acceptance speech for the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, awarded by the National Book Critics Circle.
It’s such an honor to receive an award named for Nona Balakian, a real dynamo among book review editors, on such a list of nominees, and in such a
year. 2020 struck awe into the hearts of men. A new plague took almost 600,000 Americans, and we saw their end-of-life iPads waiting for them on tripods. When police took Black American lives, and we saw that on camera too, it seemed like the whole world stepped outside in solidarity and anger.
Bowdoin Honors a Heritage Month for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Bowdoin is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with several events that will feature a fashion designer/TV star, an expert in Southeast Asian politics, a poet/essayist, a former US diplomat, and an ambitious student-organized photo project.
Two leaders from the Asian Students Alliance (ASA), Adriana Nazarko ’21 and Kevin Chi ’21, led the planning initiative for this year s heritage month.
In consultation with staff and faculty, they put together a program that is uplifting and joyful while also addressing the hardships facing the Asian community, said Kyra Green, the assistant dean of admissions who is serving as interim director of the Center for Multicultural Life.
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