Not like Us

If you clicked on this because of the title, that may seem a little off-context. Due to the current controversy between Kendrick and Drake. However, what the song may be saying is totally different than what I am about to write but it is included with being different. As a young child, I was discriminated against as an Asian child. AAPI and racism are still strong to this day. You know that feeling when you are in a room and you are just getting stared down? It happens to almost all Asians. Especially if you don’t even live in California or along the west coast. Personally, when I was young I was unable to attend this one private school after I moved. It then in turn made me attend public school and I only felt even more alone. Out of the hundreds of students, I believe I was one out of maybe 20 Asian students. But, the biggest correlation between my life and George Takei’s life as we are both able to persevere by asking questions, and this ties into Play Mountain. In all three situations, when you ask questions whether it be about the past, present, or future, it all sparks ideas on how to do better or to improve. For example, in George’s life, he did not fully learn why his father put him through all those hardships and did not revolt back until he asked questions. Furthermore, in Play Mountain, curiosity comes from asking questions. The more questions you ask the more you understand and curiosity starts the questions. You start to have more fun too while being curious. This here is an accurate but not great depiction of what being Asian at a school felt like.

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