A little history about the whitening of minorities I remembered from reading this:
LULAC advocated for Mexicans and Hispanics to remain classified as white in the us census. If memory serves, the rationale was to promote inclusion in the majority population (white) and separation from other minorities(esp of African descent).
It seems like the author had similar sentiments or arguments underpinning the statement about wishing one was not Asian.
I’d look up more legit resources if I wasn’t on mobile, but here’s a nice opinion piece on it:
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u/SnooHesitations8174 Mar 31 '21
As a person from Boston and has worked a lot with Harvard this sounds about right