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

challenging emotional informative reflective

4.5

I am not sure that I really know how to rate non-fiction since I just started reading it recently. I greatly appreciated this book. There was a lot in it that I really responded to. The history that she provided about Asians in the United States was enlightening. The discourse around looking sideways at your childhood. The concept of "minor feelings". The whole last chapter about being indebted v. being grateful. Even though it was difficult to hear about, her telling the story of the artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha while also interrogating how we tell stories about Asian women was impactful. 
I often find that I relate to immigrant stories almost more than I do Black stories. There is something about explicitly being here because your parents thought that somewhere else was worse that i just so complicated. 
I would recommend that people read this if you are an in between person, neither white nor Black, or if you want insight into how that feels. 
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