Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified: on Nostr: "Like many first- or second-generation Asian Americans, I did not grow up playing ...

"Like many first- or second-generation Asian Americans, I did not grow up playing mahjong. My parents didn’t play the game—they labeled it as mei yi si, a purposeless waste of time. For people of my parents’ generation, mahjong carried a stigma associated with degeneracy and gambling. Besides, they were among the so-called lost generation of mahjong players, too busy grinding out an American middle-class living to while away the hours with frivolity."

https://slate.com/life/2024/10/mahjong-board-game-tiles-play-asian-american-chinese.html

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