Asia Dynamic - Two Sisters

We had a lot of name calling when we were at school, which shamed us dreadfully. But we accepted that, well, we never talked about it somehow to each other. We always kept it deep within ourselves.

– Wailin Elliott, on encountering racism in Auckland while growing up in the 1950s

The Chinese always say if you treat your eldest child well, the rest will follow in that same mould. That burden of duty has always been mine, and even now I can’t get rid of it.

– Eva Ng on being the eldest child in a Chinese family