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Posted by Editor - Entertainment News | Sep 21, 2020 | Entertainment | 0 | As a Chinese American, I’m no stranger to the “lunchbox moment.” For those who aren’t familiar with the term, the “lunchbox moment” to a moment in an Asian American’s life when one’s lunch is shunned for being “smelly” or “gross.” It’s such a pivotal moment of the Chinese American consciousness that to ignore it would be to ignore the ways that food has shaped Chinese American identity. While we usually associate this moment with our childhood, it’s clear that the “lunchbox moment” is still happening,...