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not to play the fucking race card but this is a great example of what feels 100% fake to me about the recent wave of support for asian-americans. i didn't mention this in the thread but obviously the fact that my parents and i are chinese is a huge part of the picture here

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

sometimes your parents lift you completely out of your native culture and society to move to america to chase their dreams of making enough money that you never have to worry about anything ever and uh this is where that ends up and you can try to understand or not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

10:13 PM · Jul 16, 2021Twitter Web App

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Jul 16, 2021

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@QiaochuYuan

hm looks like the first tweet was a bad tweet, i did a really bad job of saying what i meant. i mean it's relevant to the story that chinese parents give you money as their way of showing they care and it's relevant that i grew up basically american and didn't absorb that

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Jul 16, 2021

what i grew up absorbing was that money was vaguely bad and you shouldn't have too much of it which, y'know, *gestures broadly*

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Interesting example of how being nice isn't always the same as doing good

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My parents moved from Mexico to give me and my sister a better life and yet they will sometimes say something about us not being Mexican or something

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wow dude that must be so hard for you to be gifted huge sums of money. really shines a light on the plight of the wealthy. get real

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I appreciate your honesty. For me I felt I could have made it further with more help but I also know it can be a curse. Not there yet but also thinking about how to strike the balance with my own kids and hearing your perspective helps.

simple simon, the ass man

@snorleo

Jul 16, 2021

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@QiaochuYuan

and then you throw that in other peoples faces by saying you were given more money than most of us will ever see and then say you resent your mother for it. Tell your mother how much you resent her for loving you and chasing her dreams of making enough money so you never have to.

Mr. lookalike

@SAINTKODA

Jul 16, 2021

He really could have just said “a lot of money” and the thread might have meant something but couldn’t pass up the humble brag lol

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I do wonder what it'll be like for my kids. It's certainly been a really interesting few threads, from my POV. I've realised I'm simply used to existing with less money and some financial insecurity. It's like ah, I know how to be happy with less, but not with more.

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Oh, fuuuuck you. I initially almost felt bad about the reaction because more wealthy people should admit their privileged backgrounds and that they didn’t get there through merit but weaponizing racial issues to play the victim when this has nothing to do with that is disgusting.