Our families are family friends and he was an amazing man. A real role model for me growing up as whenever our families would get together and we'd talk about his achievements, he always showed tremendous humility and focused more on his family and his children and being a father.
When it came up, he was completely honest with the challenges he faced with racism for being nothing more than Chinese. Would always say we should never pretend it never happens or downplay it, but to also never use it as an excuse for our circumstances.
Incredible man. If you didn't know how successful he was in life, in all aspects, you'd think he was just a regular Joe by talking to him, which I guess in a lot of ways, he was. RIP Normie.
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