I do reflect on this a lot because I always did feel kinda out of place growing up. I was surrounded by elite Asian families who were super well-educated and wealthy while my parents were 1. Son of a blue-collared small workshop-owning family and 2. Literal refugee from the CCP.
川上信 (Shin Kawakami)🇯🇵🇨🇳🇺🇸My parents, while Asian, weren't super "Asian" relative to others. I went to an okay school, did okay educationally, and now am doing pretty dang fine for myself career and family wise.