Dr. Ivan Small is a professor of sociocultural anthropology at Central Connecticut State University. Professor Small is a bi-racial Vietnamese American and first became interested in his Asian heritage after visiting his relatives in Vietnam during his college years. His research weaves together cultural anthropology with Asian studies, economic anthropology and research about migration and transnationalism. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Small published an article in the Connecticut Mirror that examined the struggles and discrimation Asian restaurants were suffering from in Connecticut. This article described the continued existence of implicit racial biases against Asian Americans, juxtaposing a snapshot of a bustling Italian restaurant beside an empty Chinese restaurant. Professor Small notes how the restaurant industry is a pillar of Asian American entrepreneurship and an important means for socioeconomic mobility among Asian immigrant families. He goes on to consider the harmful impact of President Donald Trump’s racially charged rhetoric about COVID-19. When asked about the controversial opinion piece, We Asian Americans are not the Virus, written by then presidential candidate Andrew Yang, Professor Small critiques the implications of Asian assimilation and the failures of American multiculturalism. In conclusion, Professor Small reflects on his family life with his newborn daughter and impending sabbatical.