'Chinese' or 'Any other Asian'. The boxes that people of vastly varied East and South East Asian heritage have to tick when declaring their ethnicity on many forms in the UK.
This represents a shameful sweeping together of a diverse heritage and experience. East and South East Asian people have lived and worked in the UK for centuries, fought for the British Army in both world wars, have influenced British culture through food, writing, music and art in a multitude of ways. And yet this influence is often overlooked.
People of ESEA heritage experience unique forms of racism. Asian food is mocked as unhealthy and Asian restaurants as dirty. ESEA women are exoticised and sexualised, and assumed to be the nanny of their mixed-race children. The community was scapegoated for the Covid-19 pandemic.
Where you can buy my book?
At all your preferred places, including Waterstones, Foyles, Blackwells (which delivery globally), Amazon.
Bookshop is great as it supports independent stores, and here are my favourite UK independents -
Rare Mag, Juniper by the Sea (specialising in ESEA books), Real Magic and Scarlett Letters.
Also ask your local library to get it in (if they don’t have it already.
It is available globally, although official US publication date is September 24th.
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