Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
Why This Book Matters
Minor Feelings is a bold and necessary exploration of race, emotion, and identity in America. Cathy Park Hong blends memoir, cultural critique, and political commentary to examine the psychological effects of being rendered invisible or incomprehensible in a country shaped by whiteness. She names the dissonant emotions that arise from being told you belong while being treated as an outsider.
Through deeply personal essays, Hong reflects on friendship, art, language, and the limitations of representation. She critiques the myth of the model minority and makes visible the internal landscape of racialized experience that is too often dismissed or generalized.
For cultural workers, educators, and storytellers, Minor Feelings offers a rich emotional and intellectual framework. Use it to build narrative strategies that center honesty, complexity, and care. It is especially useful for guiding conversations around racial trauma, visibility, and the politics of belonging.
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
Why This Book Matters
Minor Feelings is a bold and necessary exploration of race, emotion, and identity in America. Cathy Park Hong blends memoir, cultural critique, and political commentary to examine the psychological effects of being rendered invisible or incomprehensible in a country shaped by whiteness. She names the dissonant emotions that arise from being told you belong while being treated as an outsider.
Through deeply personal essays, Hong reflects on friendship, art, language, and the limitations of representation. She critiques the myth of the model minority and makes visible the internal landscape of racialized experience that is too often dismissed or generalized.
For cultural workers, educators, and storytellers, Minor Feelings offers a rich emotional and intellectual framework. Use it to build narrative strategies that center honesty, complexity, and care. It is especially useful for guiding conversations around racial trauma, visibility, and the politics of belonging.