Answer:
Jin Wang’s internal conflict is derived from his inability to accept his identity as an Asian American in a majority white society. He wants to be accepted by his white peers, but at the same time, his desire for friends doesn’t include the other Asian students at his school. While the other Asian student Wei Chen wants to be friends with Jin, Jin doesn’t want to be associated with other Asians, as if separating himself from them would make his ethnicity less obvious.