So was my only option to play along as a Chinese railroad worker, or what? Why didn't I get to be a part of the fantasy? How come all the other kids could be anything they wanted, but I couldn't? If there is one unnerving and relatable experience across most minority groups, it is being reduced to ONE aspect
link of who you are. Truthfully, at that moment I'd have rather been a cowboy than an Asian since apparently, I couldn't be both.