While working on this performance, I found that many of these stories resonated with me as a young Chinese American. But at the same time, their experiences vary greatly from each other and from my own. While developing this performance, I’ve reflected on my own identity, my own complex relationship with assimilation, and what it means to be Chinese American. Whether or not you are Chinese, I would like to hear how you related, or didn’t relate, to the experiences featured in “Rice All the Time?” (You might consider the ethnic makeup of these people’s communities, experiences with schoolyard bullying, and feelings about food and language, etc)
