How my conservative, immigrant Asian parents came to better understand racial injustice

This First Person article is the experience of Pia Co, a first-generation Filipina-Chinese Canadian and student journalist in Edmonton. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. 

There was a point in my life where I doubted that my traditional, immigrant parents and I would ever see eye-to-eye on social justice issues. I was convinced that, after numerous failed attempts at difficult conversations, they were set in their ways and I was set in mine. 

I have