In a deeply vulnerable book that combines personal narrative, history and cultural reporting, Gupta examines how the weight of the “model minority” stereotype led her family to unravel.
I didn’t know how to tell her that, so I felt like I had to write to her.
Growing up Indian American, I didn’t know Asian American history.
We didn’t learn that in schools, so I didn’t really understand where I fit into America’s racial hierarchy.
I saw this story as if it were my identity, because I didn’t really see an alternative.
Persons:
Yush, Gupta, ”, estranging, Jezebel, Ruben Chamorro, —, I’m, I’ve, it’s, she’s, America who’s, we’re, We’re, there’s
Organizations:
CNN
Locations:
United States, Philadelphia, He’s, America, White America, Indian, South Asia