Thousand Star Hotel

Thousand Star Hotel

<div><p><I>Thousand Star Hotel </I>confronts the silence around racism, police brutality, and the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.</p><p>From "with thanks to Sahra Nguyen for the refugee style slogan":</p><p>They give the kids candy to bet.<BR><br>My daughter loses the first four rounds,<BR>she's a quiet wire as they take her candy away, piece by piece.<BR>When she finally wins, I ask if she wants to play again.<BR>No! she shouts, grabbing her candy, I want to go home!<BR>True refugee style:<BR><I>take everything you got and run with it.</I></p><p><B>Bao Phi</B> is a National Poetry Slam finalist.</p></div>