Lovisa Wennergren | 19 | she/her | nationality: Swedish| ethnicity: Korean
“Yellow”.
I feel like the word is the bane of my existence,at the same time as I
feel a strong connection.
“Asian”.
A sense of self.
Ethnicity|part1.
Something that permeates everything I do.
Ethnicity|part2.
As an adoptee ethnicity is something external, somethinglooking back
at me in the mirror. I have to work to feel like myethnicity is
something internal, and that is why is permeates everythingI do. Every
decision I make.
Differ from Asian stereotype(s).
I always tend to seek comfort in fitting into theAsian stereotype,
simultaneously as I try to create the identity thatI was stripped away
from by disassociating from anything Asian related.
A theoretical space without racism.
Less loneliness.
Tell.
It is hard to watch strangers who has no connectionwith your heritage
or ethnicity take part of your culture. Especiallywhen you have grown
up in a predominantly white community as a minoritywith little to no
connection yourself. It’s a continuous power strugglebetween feeling
pride, jealousy and discomfort in your own background.
Correct.
Ignorance is bliss. But why does your bliss have toquestion my
existence?
To someone.
I wish society took representation more seriously.It has taken me a
long time to realize that I’m not in fact ugly, butrather a minority in a
community where my only representation is my own reflection.
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