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I know sometimes a lot can be made about your race, but I do want to thank you for being a positive Asian American role model that plays against the stereotype we've all come to expect in the media. Thank you!

Better Luck Tomorrow came out when I was in high school and it made a huge impact on my friends and me. We had never seen Asian Americans represented with our stories on the forefront. It truly was something utterly unique, needed and incredibly validating. I don't think it receives enough credit, it's kind of faded into an asterisk in Justin Lin's back catalog.

That being said, can you share your thoughts and experiences working on the set? Did you feel that the movie was something unique and special? What was it like working with majority other Asian American actors? And then, how come you feel nothing similar to BLT has come out to commercial success since then?

Not OP (but would love hear his thoughts on this), but if you’re thinking about going into ed policy, political science, and/or social policy, please look into Nikole Hannah-Jones’s work on school segregation. She writes for the NYT and she did a two part series on This American Life.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/562/the-problem-we-all-live-with-part-one

I’ve worked as a teacher and currently lobby on state-level education policy issues. Our public schools are more segregated now in 2018 than after Brown v. Board of Education. Without intentional, purposeful government led desegregation, over the years different policies and general cultural forces have regressed our school systems back to a segregated status quo. This country has accepted informal school segregation based on socioeconomic status, lines which continue to be drawn deeply along the racial divide.

Ed reform is a complex and multifaceted issue, and desegregation is just one piece. But I personally believe true educational equality will never be reached as long as the quality of a kid’s education is dictated by their zip code.

Give Nikole Hannah-Jones a look. She’s doing great work and providing visibility to this crucial topic.

How do Google employees view Apple employees, Facebook employees, Microsoft employees, Yahoo employees, etc.? Is there a hierarchy or are there general stereotypes you guys hold for other people in each company?

Wow, just looked around and checked out your story, incredibly fascinating. What are your long term goals with your birth family? Do you want to try to visit them again in Korea or have them come to America? Are you satisfied with just having met them, and possibly maybe move on from there?

Also I saw you have a younger sister who is also adopted, has she tried to find her birth family?

I read the Jezebal article a couple months ago and just have to tell you I think you're amazing and thank you for championing this cause. You're seriously a total bad-ass for doing this, and a wonderful mother! I was so inspired after I read the article. Thank you :)