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36 - The Rise of Asian Hate Crimes Shook Me to My Core w/ Vietnamese-American Adoptee Mei-Lee Perkins

What Kind of Asian Are You?

English - May 10, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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Host: Kyle Leung

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Guest: Mei-Lee Perkins

Today, we have Mei-Lee Perkins, Asian-American chef living in America (in Maine, the whitest state in America). She shared with us her thoughts, feelings and experiences being a Vietnamese-American adoptee raised by a white family during a time when all this Anti-Asian Hate is going on. 

We talked about her upbringing being a Vietnamese-American adoptee living in a white family, the racism/microaggressions she face(s)/(ed), how she is feeling about all the Anti-Asian Hate going on, her experience talking about race/racism and Anti-Asian Hate with her family, her journey to reconnect with more of her Asian roots and how she is looking to find more people in the AAPI community to connect with. 

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