Younger Asian Americans navigate something new to their generation: Taking up space
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Karho Leung, 33, one of the founders of 12 Pell, a local barbershop, stands for his portrait on Pell Street in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. Anchored in the Chinatown community and equally at home elsewhere in the city, Leung says he's "building the world that I want to live in not asking for permission." (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Barbers work on their clients at 12 Pell, a local barbershop in Manhattan's Chinatown, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Barbers work on their clients at 12 Pell, a local barbershop in Manhattan's Chinatown, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)The doors are opened for the evening rush 12 Pell, a local barbershop in Manhattan's Chinatown, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Karho Leung, 33, one of the founders of 12 Pell, a local barbershop, walks along Mott Street in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Barbers work on their clients at 12 Pell, a local barbershop in Manhattan's Chinatown, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. Clients are drawn by 12 Pell's social media, in which the young, predominantly Asian American barbers are making a study of cool, offering consultations on style and cut, what's fashionable and not. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)A client is checked for final touchups after a styling at 12 Pell, a local barbershop in Manhattan's Chinatown, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. The clients at the personal care and grooming store aren't just coming from the neighborhood. They're coming from around the metro region and even further, making appointments a month out. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Barbers work on their clients at 12 Pell, a local barbershop in Manhattan's Chinatown, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Barbers work on their clients at 12 Pell, a local barbershop in Manhattan's Chinatown, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)A gold-plated buzzer rests on workstations as barbers tend to their clients at 12 Pell, a local barbershop in Manhattan's Chinatown, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Barbers work on their clients at 12 Pell, a local barbershop in Manhattan's Chinatown, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Karho Leung, 33, right, one of the founders of 12 Pell, a local barbershop, serendipitously happens upon his mother as she sits on a bench along Mott Street in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Karho Leung, 33, right, one of the founders of 12 Pell, a local barbershop, serendipitously happens upon his mother as she sits on a bench along Mott Street in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Karho Leung, 33, one of the founders of 12 Pell, a local barbershop, stands for his portrait on Pell Street in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. Anchored in the Chinatown community and equally at home elsewhere in the city, Leung says he's "building the world that I want to live in not asking for permission." (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
