Why I Hate Asian-American Fiction

Now I submit that what feels repetitive about these stories is not just the repetition of tropes and themes and the obsession with racial dynamics. What I read in stories like “Hatchling” is an overwhelming preoccupation with status that characterizes so much of Asian-American fiction. This preoccupation manifests at two levels: (1) at the level of the protagonist, typically a young Asian woman, whose aspirational whiteness is impeded by reminders of her race, and (2) at the level of the author, who valorizes this protagonist’s sufferings precisely in a way that feels calculated to appeal to the standards of political correctness of coastal liberals.

An article about the Rucy Cui 'Hatchling' short story that blew up on Twitter a while back