The Unbearable Whiteness of Being

… an expat in East Asia

artist: Damon Yuen

by Joe Váradi

As I was recollecting and writing this essay, I had several working titles in mind. One was “That One Time I had to Pretend to be a Mormon to Hold Down a Job”. Ultimately I decided on a more generic title, because this story, of all the experiences I had during the three years I spent living in East Asia, probably best captures…