This essay captures a bit of the tension of being Asian American - white audiences assume you're "authentic" if (and only if) you mention anything Asian.
But many of us have been trained in Western literature and art.
In my case, I grew up incredibly disconnected from Asian cultural trappings.
But many of us have been trained in Western literature and art.
In my case, I grew up incredibly disconnected from Asian cultural trappings.
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Wole Talabi
That's the danger with organizing these kind of panels using only the thinnest veneer of someone's identity as a proxy for actually finding people with knowledge and engagement in a community. I think Yoon Ha Lee wrote about this recently too on the SFWA blog - www.sfwa.org/2024/08/07/d...
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So while I ended up with a lot of Asian cultural reactions and attitudes, my artistic reference points are almost entirely Western.