For most of my life, I’ve been infected with a viral disease I call “American Obsession.” As a young girl living in the cosmopolitan city of Hong Kong, I saw being white as being better. To me, the glamorous life that Hollywood celebrities led embodied America. However, my idea of America all changed when I started studying in the States. Growing up, I never questioned my unwavering reverence for American culture; I had just always thought America was so...