Portrait Of: Carmen Rita Wong
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Author and journalist, Carmen Rita Wong, grew up believing that her father was \\u201cPapi\\u201d Peter Wong, a Chinese American man. At least, that\\u2019s what her Dominican mother, Lupe, told her. But as Carmen's mom neared the end of her life, family secrets came to the surface, sending Carmen on a search for answers. In her memoir \\u201cWhy Didn\\u2019t You Tell Me,\\u201d Carmen dives into her family\\u2019s story \\u2014 picking apart how race, class, and gender shaped the often difficult decisions she and her family had to make. In this intimate conversation, Carmen shares some of the childhood memories that shaped her, and talks about how the act of memoir writing can feel like a radical practice of empathy.
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