Two essays about experiencing American holidays through the lens of immigrant families. Each of us has different stories of trying to figure out American holiday traditions, but we’ve also tried to build our own.
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Marina Fang
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Marina Fang (she/her) is a reporter at HuffPost who covers the intersection of culture and politics, including diversity and representation in race and gender, issues surrounding Asian American identity, as well as general movies and television. In 2020, she was a fellow at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Critics Institute, a leading program for arts and culture writers. She frequently mentors young journalists and advocates for racial and gender equity in journalism. Raised in Pittsburgh and a graduate of the University of Chicago, she lives in Brooklyn.
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The Monsters in Our Midst
Since 2020, Asian Americans have faced two, intertwining monsters: the COVID-19 pandemic and racism.