36 - The Rise of Asian Hate Crimes Shook Me to My Core w/ Vietnamese-American Adoptee Mei-Lee Perkins

Send us Fan MailHost: Kyle LeungPodcast LinktreeWhat Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram Guest: Mei-Lee PerkinsToday, we have Mei-Lee Perkins, Asian-American chef living in America (in Maine, the whitest state in America). She shared with us her thoughts, feelings and experiences being a Vietnamese-American adoptee raised by a white family during a time when all this Anti-Asian Hate is going on. We talked about her upbringing being a Vietnamese-American adoptee living in a white family, the racism/microaggressions she face(s)/(ed), how she is feeling about all the Anti-Asian Hate going on, her experience talking about race/racism and Anti-Asian Hate with her family, her journey to reconnect with more of her Asian roots and how she is looking to find more people in the AAPI community to connect with. Thank you for listening! Make sure to follow my guest and also this podcast! Subscribe to the podcast on your streaming platform, follow the podcast on Instagram and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcast if you listen to this on Apple Podcast. Thank you for the support and see you on the next conversation!Credits:Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatkindofasianpod/messageSupport the showThank you for listening! Help this podcast:1. Follow us on Instagram @whatkindofasianpod 2. Share our episodes with friends and family3. Subscribe to us on your streaming platform4. Leave us a rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcast5. Buy Us a Coffee! (Supporting us financially really helps but it's definitely not required, do it if you can) All the links!https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod