they like us best when we're "authentic"

Question two is multiple-choice.

1) If you dye/bleach your Asian hair, you’re being radical.

2) If you dye/bleach your Asian hair, you’re self-hating.

Or, 3) If you dye/bleach your Asian hair, your politics might not be readily available via a visual evaluation or are not otherwise related to the shape/size/color of your hair at all.

Which hair politic do you follow?

I hate the white avant-garde.

I hate my hair trauma, but not nearly as much.

Mimi Thi Nguyen, “My Hair Trauma” (1988)