Auntie Soo Yin gave a talk for the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California about the historical family background of her new book "Asparagus Opera- A Chinese Family in the San Fernando Valley. " She explained how intragenerational conflicts between members of the family grew out of discriminatory Chinese Exclusion Laws that created different rights between descendents born in China and those born in America. She also makes a heartfelt case that time eventually heals wounds and that many members of the family who were in conflict and their descendents have reconciled. She hopes that in the end all members of the extended family will one day be able to reunite in recognition of their common roots in the struggles of their ancestors to make a new life here in America.
Here is an open letter to all members of our extended family that I wrote 14 years ago when I first started writing this blog and it remains very timely with respect to my Auntie's new book and her wonderful talk.
https://juejoeclan.blogspot.com/2010/06/open-letter-to-all-members-of-jue-joe.html
Here is a the video recording of Auntie Soo Yin's talk.
