Ganbei Fall 2020 Nostalgia

GANBEI MAGAZINE : NOSTALGIA
I look back on my upbringing beyond
just my childhood with a bittersweet
sense of nostalgia: I remember when
I was able to happily celebrate my
culture, but with that comes the
inevitable aftertaste of regret for the
contempt and shame I felt towards my
heritage—and a deep wish that I had
continued to explore and cherish what
it means to be Chinese.
But more than anything else, I am
left with an understanding that my
experience does not have to be that
of the son to Chinese immigrants or
that of a boy who was once ashamed
of his culture, but that I am all of those
things and more: I am made up of all
of these experiences but I am not
defined by any one narrative. ■
I am not defined by
any one narrative.
JASON TUNG
4TH YEAR