In 'Gong Lum's Legacy,' love is dangerous
Much has been written (and, especially lately, staged) about marginalized people's troubled relationships with the non-marginalized. But what about the relationships of different marginalized groups with each other? When a young Chinese immigrant falls for an ambitious Black schoolteacher, his father is shocked. Why can't he marry his Chinese cousin and try to assimilate into American …Read more The post In 'Gon…