Andy Deng doesn’t speak to his parents much. It isn’t because they have a strained relationship or anything of the sort. They just usually never meet. Known as Dandy amongst his friends, Deng spends his weekdays at school and weekends with friends. His parents, first-generation immigrants from China, work six to seven days a week. The only time the family really gets … [Read more...] about Necessary Neglect
Two Lives Lived
No bodies hang from the streetlamps running along Utopia Parkway. Huang Ai Yi, a 61-year-old home-care worker, grew up in an unstable China as the newly formed Communist government attempted to rapidly industrialize and cement its power. One such attempt, known in the West as the Cultural Revolution, made violence a nearly every day occurrence. The bodies of persecuted … [Read more...] about Two Lives Lived
Cultures Clash Over Mental Health
“I just felt like when I was relating my problems to the counselor, it felt like I was talking to a stranger,” said Edward. Edward, who requested that his last name not be published, is a Chinese-American student diagnosed with depression. Studies conducted throughout the past decade indicate that he is one of a very small number of Chinese-Americans who have sought … [Read more...] about Cultures Clash Over Mental Health