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Consider the following passage from the text, where Hsu is referring to the Asian American students he mentored:
“The boys borrowed a lot from their Black classmates, and they probably had more in common with them than with people like me” (91).
Why do you think Hsu feels the kids have more in common with their Black classmates than people like him? What does he mean when he says "people like me"? Do you agree with his implied points? Explain.
Hsu grew up middle-class. His parents came to the US to study. Sure, they left Taiwan because of certain insecurities there, but they were not refugees or anything close. They were professionals who were able to complete their...
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