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A review by melodys_library
Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self by Alex Tizon
4.0
What can I say about the late, great Alex Tizon? This Pulitzer-prize winning Filipino-American was a journalistic gem. I know some people have different opinions of him after his Atlantic article “My Family’s Slave”, but I personally feel that his writing contributed honestly and positively, and he uplifted the next generation of Asian Americans.
In Big Little Man: In Search of my Asian Self, Tizon painted a picture of a childhood that felt so familiar, it could have been about my own childhood. Each chapter focused on the multitude of stereotypes, myths, and years of colonial oppression that impact and ultimately shape Asian American men. Tizon communicates his personal doubts, anxieties and challenges that he battles, the yearning for a sense of belonging and worthiness, and translates them into vignettes while sharing his thorough research and opinions on Asian history and media.
I had to keep telling myself: This is one man’s point of view, and is not representative of everyone. But overall, I think Tizon did an eloquent job speaking up about challenges and reaching out to uplift men in the Asian American community.
In Big Little Man: In Search of my Asian Self, Tizon painted a picture of a childhood that felt so familiar, it could have been about my own childhood. Each chapter focused on the multitude of stereotypes, myths, and years of colonial oppression that impact and ultimately shape Asian American men. Tizon communicates his personal doubts, anxieties and challenges that he battles, the yearning for a sense of belonging and worthiness, and translates them into vignettes while sharing his thorough research and opinions on Asian history and media.
I had to keep telling myself: This is one man’s point of view, and is not representative of everyone. But overall, I think Tizon did an eloquent job speaking up about challenges and reaching out to uplift men in the Asian American community.