5/19/2023 0 Comments The book black cake![]() ![]() ![]() Lee's parents are Korean immigrants who landed in Los Angeles and worked long hours at sometimes dangerous jobs to give their children a chance at the American dream: prep schools, Ivy League universities and prestigious jobs. "And one of our obligations is to bite back, to bite the hand that feeds us in order to speak up for justice - for social justice." The lesson Lee learned from that piece of advice was, "All the structures of power make those of us in marginalized positions feel like we can't speak out, we can't resist," she said. Julia Lee once had a mentor who told her, "You must bite the hand that feeds you." That phrase informed how she saw the world, as she told NPR's Michel Martin in an interview about her memoir, Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America. Julia Lee's book cover for Biting the Hand: Growing up Asian in Black and White America. ![]()
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