OU AASA Magazine - April 2023 (Volume 8)

The first step in the process of healing is acknowledging the pain. Within this month’s publication, we hoped to explore trauma through the unique lens of the Asian American experience. In a culture where parental “I love you’s” are perceived as a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, how do we make our first steps toward recovery in our unique Asian American trauma? While we are faced with external factors such as the perpetuation of the Model Minority myth and the Perpetual Foreigner stereotype, we must also acknowledge how we are affected by our own communities. But most importantly, how are we able to call out the injustices around us, in order to improve our community for the present day and for the future?