“I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S.” |
“I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S.,” says Mitski [Miyawaki]. “I didn’t identify as that before I came here. People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.”
Tom Murphy, “Mitski Doesn’t Bother With Labels. She Prefers Excellence,” Westworld, July 14, 2017. https://www.westword.com/music/mitski-miyawakis-mixed-race-identity-informs-her-music-9246091.
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