We were in lockdown, we were isolated, and it highlighted the importance of mental health, which traditionally has been a highly stigmatized area within Asian culture. Now feels like a really critical time because the pandemic forced us to silence some of the external noise. The book was born out of a desire to help our communities start to integrate parts of ourselves that, through immigration and assimilation, we feel we might have lost. Anti-Asian racism is not new in the history of the United States, but I think its visibility-through social media, news platforms, and things like that-really ignited a sense of: Who are we? What is our identity? What is our place here in the United States? Why did you write this book, and why now?Īs Asian Americans, we have been through such a trying few years. An edited version of the conversation follows. Managing this tension can take its toll, which is why Wang is working to destigmatize mental-health conversations and promote self-advocacy in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Wang says that children of Asian immigrants often have to maintain a balancing act of traditional parental expectations, Western cultural norms, and their own personal desires. Jenny Wang about her new book, Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans (Balance, May 2022). doi:10.1080/ this edition of Author Talks, McKinsey Global Publishing’s Christine Y. The generational trauma card: A tool to educate on intergenerational trauma transmission. Finding mental health care that fits your cultural background.Ĭhokshi B, Pukatch C, Ramsey N, et al.

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