The Bay Area Raised Me to Stand With My Asian Homies

Growing up in a diverse community taught me important lessons on diasporic solidarity

“The whole time, we were the only Mexican family in the apartments; all of our neighbors were Chinese or Vietnamese. Every day, my brother and I would cross the hallways and kick it with our friends in their living rooms while our dad was at work. That’s when we were exposed to everything we could never learn from a school textbook. From food to family dynamics, cultural norms, and holidays, we were privileged to access a different way of living than our own. It may sound cliche, but for two Mexican American boys with hella unsupervised time, this is who we grew up with.” — Alan Chazaro

Read Chazaro’s story in its entirety below.

The Bay Area Raised Me To Stand Up With My Asian Homies