Humility is great. But perhaps we should show less of it in front of white men

Shengxiao "Sole" Yu
2 min readFeb 19, 2022

I was listening to Feeling Asian Podcast and the guest on the episode was showing a lot of humility and gratefulness. She kept saying she felt like she happened to be Asian in the right place at the right time and that’s why she got opportunities. Just to be clear, this guest was the puppeteer and voice of the first Asian American muppet on SESAME STREET. She was selected and hired by a big, historical institution and poured her soul into creating our first Asian American muppet. Just to be clear, any time we say “big…

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Shengxiao "Sole" Yu

Speaker | Social justice educator | Storyteller | Creator of Nectar, a space that aims to ignite our desire and grow our capacity to live in liberated ways