A Personal Plea

Stop Asian Hate!

This boy, my grandson, is an American citizen. But he’s not coming back to the United States, at least for now. Photo by Yan Zhang Miller.

I identify as white. What do I mean “identify?” I am white. Actually beige and 100% Ashkenazi Jewish, .i.e., with grandparents from Poland and Austria.

Nevertheless, I’m contributing this short piece because my son is married to a woman from Anhui Province, China. And I have two grandchildren who are—if you count those things—50% pure Ashkenazi Jewish and 50% pure Han Chinese. A…