Never Forget Class Struggle

Abstract

In this chapter, I use autoethnography as the method to write my lived experiences as a new immigrant from China. The purpose of this writing is to illustrate the difficulties and challenges I faced as a female immigrant. In writing, I confront and investigate these experiences in order to make sense of and find meaning in them. I also consider how these experiences are situated within the social and cultural background of the United States. The data are from my personal journal and reflections. This chapter not only portrays the difficulties and challenges immigrants can face, but also seeks to build an understanding of immigrants’ life experiences in the United States and to bring their perspectives and voices into the mainstream discourse.