A review by sagegreen19
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

3.0

The first half of the book was really insightful and well-written. I really like the comparisons she made with the Black American experience. Particularly the points regard how Asian Americans and Black Americans have much more in common than is typically advertised. Asian American narratives are often restricted to “trauma porn” and there is a massive erasure of Asian American history and their contribution to American culture.

The second half of the book about grad school felt very bourgeois and lacked the focus and insight of the first half. It’s not that the second half of the book is bad, it’s just jarring.