Chinese + American = American

On this 4th of July, a reflection on losing the hyphen in my Asian American identity

Lisa Lau
#StopAsianHate
Published in
8 min readApr 7, 2021
Image: Free-Photos/Pixabay

It was the most underreported controversy that rocked the world of grammar in generations. In 2019, the Associated Press announced that hyphens will be dropped from identities of dual heritage.

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Lisa Lau
#StopAsianHate

Insomniac, knowledge thrill-seeker, leisure and cathartic writer