Commentary: How Asian women are relentlessly objectified in US culture
by May-lee Chai, Los Angeles Times
Mar 22, 2021
3 minutes
The police knocked on my door as I stood in my underwear, before my closet, trying to pick out a well-coordinated outfit for the day. The men in my department often dressed casually, some even came to work in shorts, but as a woman of color in a predominantly white university, I knew I’d be judged by different standards.
The knocking continued, loud and insistent.
I threw on my pants and a shirt and rushed to
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