# Quote — Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings

> Whether our families come from Guatemala, Afghanistan, or South Korea, the immigrants since 1965 have shared histories that extend beyond this nation, to our countries of origin, where our lineage has been decimated by Western imperialism, war, and dictatorships orchestrated or supported by the United States. In our efforts to belong in America, we act grateful, as if we've been given a second chance at life. But our shared root is not the opportunity this nation has given us but how the capitalist accumulation of white supremacy has enriched itself off the blood of our countries. We cannot forget this.

- Author: [Cathy Park Hong](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cathy-park-hong.md)
- Book: [Minor Feelings](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cathy-park-hong/minor-feelings.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cathy_Park_Hong#%22The_End_of_White_Innocence%22) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/cathy-park-hong/minor-feelings/whether-our-families

## More from this book

> I’d rather be indebted than be the kind of white man who thinks the world owes him, because to live an ethical life is to be held accountable to history.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cathy-park-hong/minor-feelings/id-rather-be-indebted.md)

> Because I didn't learn the language until I started school, I associated English with everything hard: the chalkboard with diagrammed sentences, the syllables in my mouth like hard slippery marbles. English was not an expression of me but a language that was out to get me, threaded with invisible trip wires that could expose me at the slightest misstep.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cathy-park-hong/minor-feelings/because-i-didnt.md)

> When I hear the phrase “Asians are next in line to be white,” I replace the word “white” with “disappear.” Asians are next in line to disappear.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cathy-park-hong/minor-feelings/when-i-hear.md)