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“In China, Joseph’s family would outrank the Lums, but here in America, Grace wasn’t sure the same social stratification applied. People treated Joseph with respect to his face, but Grace knew that to many of Chinatown’s residents […] Dr. Joseph Hu was an uppity Shanghainese who didn’t speak their language.”

her first lesbian love being someone who supports her so much in contrast to shirley

seeing lily finally start to accept it is so awesome sauce

“In her imagination, Tommy had been like a matinee idol— sweet-faced and tender. In reality, Tommy was a woman made of flesh and blood, and that frightened Lily most of all.”

this is interesting bc i feel like there are so many more canto speakers in sf than mandarin speakers. idt ive ever met another mandarin speaker in sf since i was in high school with fobs 🧍 also i wish socal was just a few hours away on train like there’s not even a way to get there besides driving or flying now

“We’re living in a complicated time. People are afraid of things they don’t understand, and we need to show that we’re Americans first.” okay so why has modern day america regressed to the 1950s.

shirley pmo