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Talk to the Voices in Your Head

Communicate with Yourself First, in Order to Communicate with Others

THIS SOUNDS TERRIBLE, but it’s true. Early in my life I felt so ugly that all I wished for was to be a white person. Even an ugly white person would do. That would be at least better than being Chinese. Later in my career, despite growing into my flat bridgeless nose, figuring out how to do my cowlick-riddled, genetically faulty hair, and wearing eye makeup to accentuate (and not resemble a raccoon), I still felt like a freak when I hit the air. I was the first Asian American woman to be at the helm of a weekday morning newscast in Kansas City, ...

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