I AM NOT TOURIST PB

What does it mean to live in a society that doesn t truly see you Although a UK citizen Oxford based diversity practitioner writer and artist Daisy J Hung is regularly mistaken for a tourist asked where she s really from or greeted with Ni hao on the assumption she speaks Mandarin These experiences serve as a reminder that no matter how she moves through the world she is often seen as an outsider I Am Not a Tourist asks what it means to be British Chinese today and live at the intersection of cultures examining social historical and political factors that have got us here Fighting narrow and dehumanising stereotypes of Chinese people excelling at school or being devoid of original thought or leadership or having authoritarian parents Daisy encourages readers to interrogate their assumptions and interpretations of Chinese identity In the wake of the upsurge of anti Asian racism triggered by the racialisation of the COVID 19 pandemic as the China virus China plague and Kung flu I Am Not a Tourist exposes the ongoing racism and inequalities that British Chinese communities face and forms an urgent call for change Readers are in agreement that I Am Not a Tourist is an incredibly worthwhile read An important new voice DAVID YIP actor This book