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Dr. Kris Yi’s article elucidates Asian Americans’ experiences of racial trauma. Dr. Yi’s insights are both critical and compelling as she brings the racial pain of Asian Americans to the foreground of psychoanalytic inquiry. She illustrates how the model minority stereotype and gendered racism shape the disillusionment that many Asian Americans face, while calling for a more active engagement of psychoanalysis with Asian American experiences. This commentary is an effort to expand on several areas related to racial trauma faced by Asian Americans: The effects of racism on mental health; Racism in past and present U.S. contexts; Internalization of and ambivalence concerning white norms; and Gendered racism and sexual violence. My intention is to join Dr. Yi in bringing greater visibility to racial trauma among Asian American communities, and to urge practitioners, scholars, and educators to explore Asian Americans’ racial positioning with more depth, complexity, and honesty.