Tracy Gao
What are some things that we can do as Hopkins students? What do you think would be helpful?
“I think that a really big fault of our community is the lack of conversation. There's a lack of understanding from our generation to our parents' generation and there are just a lot of areas in our community that are not as supportive as they should be. I think that opening up dialogue and being bold enough to share your story is a way that we can build a more understanding and supportive community. So in talking about first-generation Asian Americans in general, we're in a very different position, right? Our parents immigrated to America — they went through so much for us. We can be appreciative, but we just can't fully understand the difficulties they faced. And in the same way, they don't understand what it's like to be caught in this ‘in-between’ in America, being too Asian to be American, too American to be Asian. We’re trying to make space for dialogue and support when there isn't one — when there is no space being given to us. I think that our generation has the power to create the space for ourselves.”
