What Went Wrong When Spotify Celebrated AAPI Heritage Month

And how the music industry can do better

Sherry-Lynn Lee
Published in
9 min readMay 30, 2021

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Michelle Branch performs in a concert. Photo: Getty Images

The perception of us as Asians who happen to be in America, as opposed to Asian Americans, is so deeply rooted that even well-meaning efforts like Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month features put their foot in it.

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Sherry-Lynn Lee
#StopAsianHate

LA-based writer, artist, producer who used to be a Silicon Valley engineer. Mauritian, Canadian. Hosts award-nominated Nuances Podcast. https://nuancespod.com