Min Yi | May 9, 2011
It didn’t seem so long ago when my mother was about my age and I was 9, Jing Wen’s age, and changing my little brother’s diapers when my mom worked in the sweatshop that promised us food and shelter. I thought of this as I watched my mother waving goodbye to me from the curb [...]
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Min Yi | May 4, 2011
When may parents were learning to survive in New York City shortly after immigrating from China, I was their translator for many essential purposes. By age 8, I translated: bills, contracts, directions, movies, music, the news, I was even the translator for the parent teacher conferences. When there is a need, we must decide, can [...]
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