MOCA

The Museum Of Chinese in America is one of the most beautifully curated museums I've ever been to. I might be biased though because it's just really heart warming for me. They recently moved into a new space after 30 years. Yesterday, I went to the MOCA to chat with them about volunteering and there was a big group of elementary school students touring and doing write-ups about the exhibits. And note that these elementary students were mostly non-asian americans. It made me really happy to know that schools are taking the time to learn and understand the sometimes avoided history of America. I'm not sure if it's the diversity of New York or that this Museum is a reminder of the many forgotten histories of this country, but as a young kid learning that diversity and immigration is the basis of this country, it is a positive way to teaching the next generations of our Home.

I wish that when I was attending Elementary, Middle school, or High school, there was a museum or a curriculum dedicated to knowing that Asian Americans have been around since the BEGINNING of this Democracy. You know how much of that identity crisis we all go through as youths would have been curbed?

Anyway, I strongly encourage all those that live in New York or visiting New York to visit this beautiful museum. It makes you proud to be a Chinese American, an Asian American. It reminds you of all the struggles our ancestors had to make and endure for this Museum to happen, for new generations to know the truth early on.