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Morena (Supriya Chang)

Since elementary school in the early 2000s, I was taught that America was “the melting pot of the world.” While over 70% of the population is white, it seemed natural to me that there were a multitude of skin tones, hair textures, and eye shapes. After all, I had a darker complexion than everyone else […]

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Middle of Nowhere (Supriya Chang)

Growing up, my parents tried to teach me that I was special, that my unique mix of races was something to embrace and cherish. And for a while, I felt that way. I liked my voluminous hair and my macchiato skin tone. I loved eating warm chapatis smothered in mango jam, kalbi wrapped in fresh […]

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Food ⇌ Love (Supriya Chang)

I think of the relationship between food and love as an equilibrium reaction. Both the forward reaction, food creating love, and the reverse reaction, love being displayed through food, occur simultaneously. Although I wasn’t necessarily taking chemistry at the time, my experience with my grandmother and her cooking has inspired this thinking. My halmeoni immigrated […]

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