“In the Chinese zodiac calendar, 2020 was Year of the Rat—a year of supposed alertness, adaptability and observation. As a biracial Chinese American woman, I began to process what it means to be a person, woman and daughter of color in American society and in the current climate, and the year 2020 became, to me, the Year of the Daughter.”
Author: Lucca Wang
Lucca Wang 王曦 is a biracial and third-generation Chinese American woman native to the Midwest, where she lives now. She is a professional communicator, and with the Kansas City Star, recently published an op-ed on the long history of anti-Asian racism in the U.S.