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yoMamaRice
- Oct 12, 2020
- 17 min
Endless Waves
by Judy Jean Kwon (this was published on NPR's LAist) https://laist.com/2020/10/02/race_in_la_surviving_the_endless_waves.php Surviving T
As I watch the locals here in Hawaii, I get a pang of pain that pierces through my heart because I can't stop thinking: only if my dad and my grandma could have landed here, instead of Los Angeles. This island, Kauai, has more Asian sensibilities, and Eastern culture is mostly mainstream. Surrounded by the ocean, the islanders' focus is on
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