A Daughter's Journey To Reclaim Her Heritage Language
Assimilation has a cost. As a third generation Chinese American, NPR Short Wave's Emily Kwong is rediscovering the language her father once knew, and what that means for where she comes from.
by Emily Kwong
Jun 01, 2021
1 minute
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NPR Short Wave host and reporter Emily Kwong is a third generation Chinese American, but she's never spoken her family's language.
Until now.
At age 30, she's
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