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As an Asian American, I really appreciated Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan. It is extremely challenging to explain in words to the world of what it is like to have to constantly choose between your nationality and your race. It is like your nationality is where you have grown up from and it is all you have ever known in your life but your race…. thats where you came from. It's where your history lies and if you turn your back against it then it is almost like cutting yourself out of your family tree and planting a whole new plant. When Amy Tan was explaining how embarrassed she was by our culture because of the loudness of her relatives, strange food, and most importantly the lack of manner, it was extremely relatable to almost anyone who belong in
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