Maylin Tu

Maylin Tu grew up in Portland, Maine and Beijing, China. She lives in Los Angeles where she writes about religion, hybridity, identity and pop culture

But You Don’t Look Asian: On Being Entitled to Pain

by | May 4, 2021

Who deserves to feel the pain of anti-Asian violence? Who deserves to take up space with their rage? As a mixed-race person, am I allowed to be here? Do I belong?

Asian protester in NYC