An ardent enthusiast of diverse cultures and thrilling escapades, Vicky Zhou made a choice during her formative years to embark on a global odyssey. Upon learning about the term minor feelings, a radicalized consciousness experienced by many Asian Americans, coined by Kathy Park Hong, Vicky found herself compelled to undertake an in-depth exploration of this phenomenon in the Canadian context. As opposed to suppressing those feelings through self-doubt, she chose to express them by writing, normalize them by storytelling, and amplify them by fostering solidarity with her community and beyond.

You will hear stories and topics like:

"The In-Betweenness" in which Vicky explored her experience of navigating a binary, racialized world as an Asian person.
"Through the Lens of Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Class" in which Vicky delved into the complexity of Asian experiences, such as racist sexism and sexist racism faced by many Asian women.
"From Black Lives Matter to Stop Asian Hate" in which she examined the historical division and social distance between the Black and Asian communities in North America and called for intercultural awareness and compassion between the two groups.
"Intertwined Path and Allied Future: Asians in Indigenous Canada" in which Vicky highlighted the hidden history between Chinese railway labourers and First Nations in B.C. in the 19th century and encouraged more immigrants to honour the history and participate in Truth and Reconciliation as allies for the Indigenous peoples.

Through My Eyes" explores the intricate tapestry of history and collective rights of the Asian community in Canada in relation to other communities, interwoven with the experiences of Black and Indigenous peoples. This book also authentically shares the author's own intimate anecdotes, ranging from teaching escapades in England and Colombia, discovering a sense of belonging in foreign lands, to fostering bridges of cross-cultural comprehension.

The author hopes to weave together an enriching narrative that emboldens communities of color while nurturing a sense of allyship across communities.

This book invites all of us to embark on a journey of introspection and empathy, encouraging a closer examination of the Asian immigrant experience and historical trajectory in Canada. It beckons us to reassess our perceived disparities, shed the burdens of harmful stereotypes, and become a part of the transformative momentum for racial justice and social justice.

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Excerpt from Exploring and Questioning Differences (Part 1)

From being a majority Han Chinese national, I became a Chinese migrant in Canada, also a "racialized minority" and a "woman of color"—and all these layers of identities matter. At the same time, my understanding of "Chineseness" also expanded as I interacted with more people. A person who is Chinese does not have to be one who was born and raised in China, they could grow up anywhere else in the world and still take pride in their heritage; a person who is Chinese, could well be Malaysian, Singaporean, Canadian or even multiple of them at the same time; they could also be Mandarin-speaking, Cantonese-speaking, anglophone, francophone, or neither of the above. There isn't one way of being Chinese; it comes with so many different variations in upbringing, language, tradition... The same way goes to other cultures.

Excerpt from From From Black Lives Matter to Stop Asian Hate:

We have focused so much on the wrongdoings between Black and Asian communities we turned away from the fact there were very strong Black and Asian alliances historically and contemporarily. During the Black Lives Movement and Stop Asian Hate Movement, so many of us marched beside one another to show support and solidarity, yet not all media coverage seemed to pick up on that.

In a challenging and fragile time like this, people wanted to have a scapegoat for easy answers and an emotional outlet. The "age-old cracks between Black and Asian immigrant communities" and internalized prejudice could easily misguide us from examining the real issue. But we can't fight racism with racism. We can't allow the vicious cycle to hurt more of our community members. The history has made it very clear to us—violence and conflicts between minority groups will not stop if we continue to allow white supremacy to divide us.

There is a structural issue—systemic racism affects all of us. The solution is unity.

Excerpt from Intertwined Path and Allied Future: Asians in Indigenous Canada

Although Chinese people have been in the land now called Canada for over two centuries, the history of Indigenous peoples and Chinese immigrants was not a well-known one. Our history books write a lot about Indigenous-white settler relations, but the relations built between Indigenous peoples and immigrants of color are often brushed to the side and even forgotten. "We need to restore the relationship with the Indigenous people," said Bill Chu, chair of the Canadians for Reconciliation Society (Ma, 2012).

Chinese people had arrived in British Columbia even prior to British Columbia joining the confederation, Lily Siewsan Chow documented in "The Forgotten Ties: Relationships Between the First Nations and Early Chinese Immigrants in British Columbia." The migration to Canada intensified during the Gold Rush period in 1850s, as many Chinese people from the Guangdong (Canton) area traveled to the west coast of Canada chasing the so-called "gold mountain" (Ma, 2012). Later on, around seventeen thousand Chinese labors came to BC's Interior to build bridges and railroads over wild rivers for Canada. As Chinese laborers entered deep into the valley and mountains along the Fraser River, they also started to create deeper relationships with the First Nations they encountered (Ma, 2012).

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