Minor Feelings Terms

Dictee is Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s only book, which was published just a few days before her death in 1982. The book mixes genres, languages, and storylines to explore women’s place in revolutions and… read analysis of Dictee

“Minor feelings” is Cathy Park Hong’s term for the negative emotions that people of color feel when the white perspective that dominates U.S. cultural life clashes with and discredits their own reality. read analysis of Minor Feelings

The model minority myth is the pervasive, racist idea that Asians have achieved disproportionate levels of wealth, professional success, and social integration in the U.S. because they have unique qualities (like being unusually intelligent, hardworking… read analysis of Model Minority Myth

Permutations is a short film that Theresa Hak Kyung Cha made early in her career. The film features a series of headshots of Cha’s sister Bernadette from different angles, with one frame of Cha herself… read analysis of Permutations