Another from my project “Reclamation,” here making up for my childhood disdain for Chinese food by reimagining this old memory. In first grade, my parents brought me a dimsum lunch one day and I threw it away - I'm not sure what was more mortifying to me - the embarrassment I felt about eating Chinese food publicly or the punishment I faced afterwards. To this day, I still don't know why I did it... maybe someone had made fun of me? Had I already internalized self-loathing at age 6? I was going to include the stages of racial/cultural identity development in children but now I can’t find them! Please link me if you know—thank you!