'I really want the story of Dani and Claire to not only help teenagers better understand the world, but to change it,' author Kelly Yang said of her book 'Parachutes.'
and why people might be feeling frustrated right now. Of course, there is never a just reason for racism, but it is important to talk about what is happening.: There was also an incident that occurred while you were teaching one of your online workshops. You later learned the person who called you a slur was a teen themselves.: There was an incident in the class where a couple of teenagers started putting really disturbing words up. They called me a Chinese virus several times.
: Many readers may not be familiar with the parachute student phenomenon — which is when teens from China and other parts of Asia come to the United States for high school. Why did you want to write about these students?: I was living in Hong Kong for the last 15 years and I taught writing there. A lot of kids I taught ended up becoming parachutes.
Recently, my alma mater Harvard Law School asked for a donation for my 15th reunion, a class I’ll always share with the guy who sexually assaulted me when I was a teenager and completely got away with it. THREAD
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