Internalized Racism Against Asians Made Me A Runner

I heeded the narrative that we were simply genetically inferior for so long.

Ryan Fan
Ryan Fan
Nov 4 · 6 min read
1934 USC Men’s 400m Relay Team train for the NCAA Championship / The Happy Rower

remember when my dad and I went to a basketball game at the peak of Linsanity—Jeremy Lin was leading a turnaround of the New York Knicks in early 2012. The game was close — the Knicks playing the Mavericks — and Lin made clutch play after clutch…

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Ryan Fan

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Believer, Baltimore City special ed teacher, and 2:40 marathon runner. Diehard fan of “The Wire,” God’s gift to the Earth. E-mail: ryanfan17@gmail.com

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