Matthew Chung
I’m your typical blasian yopro with an opinion about the world that I want to share.
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Matthew Chung
I Am Black. My Life Matters. And This Is What I Need From You.
All that I need is for you to remember. Remember your immense privilege and status due to the color of your skin as often as I remember that lack of privilege and status due to mine.
Netflix’s ‘Too Hot To Handle’ Is A Dating Show Made For Our Socially Distanced Reality
While watching the show, I realized that the singles on TV and me on my couch had a lot in common: Suddenly, the physical nature of dating was surreptitiously removed.
I Went To Pride 2019 And All I Got Was This T-Shirt
You would seriously have to be living under a rock for the last month and not noticed rainbows taking over everything from the Google home screen to your Uber app.
White Hoods Are Making A Comeback In The Form Of Red Hats
I want my clothes to say something about me to the world, maybe something that I can’t even verbalize.
America’s Weirdest Day Yet Was A Masterfully Crafted Media Stunt And We All Fell For It
I’m talking about the televised conversation, monologue might be a better term, between President Donald J. Trump and Kanye West.
Wakanda Forever? What The Phrase Really Means For Blacks Today
I remember the moment I first heard of “the nod.”
While Black Panther Is A Milestone For Black Cinema, I’ve Seen This Story Before
Let that not take away from the ground that this film broke.
Charlottesville Was Horrible—And Now You Know What My Life Is Like Every Day In The USA
People do not say those things to me all the time, but I feel the underlying sting of those words almost every day.
Millennials Singlehandedly Kill Whole Industries With Their Bare Hands And I Could Not Be Happier
They are destroying the way that the world eats, drinks, and shops.
This Is How We Remain Hopeful Under A Trump Presidency
As a black man living in America and as more and more people’s civil rights are challenged, you begin to wonder if you will be next.
Donald Trump Isn’t The President We Want, But He Might Be The President We Need
The crumbling soul of this country has a powerful voice and we need to step back and listen.
I Found A Millennial Who Is Actually Voting For Trump (And He Wasn’t Crazy At All)
Condoleezza Rice famously said, if all of your friends look and think like you, then you need a new group of friends.