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instead of saying it. I don’t think it’s a fear of people mispronouncing it.
I think it’s me feeling detached from my identityat least having 2
backgrounds growing up, I can’t decide on which. It’sfunny how this is
all caused by a few words and letters but I’ve onlyrecently noticed how
much of an habit it became. (Me dissociating frommy Asian identity).
Correct.
I wish I could tell people that not all Asians aresmart (model minority),
not all of us have an accent. Not all of us have strictparents or many of
us aren’t “yellow”, we have different shades.
When I was little, I got called the c word, got madefun with pulled
eyes back and was scared to bring my cultural lunches.I’ve since
dismissed it as childhood nonsense where they didn’tknow better.
However kids don’t just do these things naturally,it’s strange how from
such a young age, we are taught to hate and discriminate.I wish I
could’ve told them how wrong their actions were, howoffensive and
educated them on cultural sensitivity but, just likethem I didn’t know
better.
To someone.
Always learn to stand up for yourself, don’t be ashamedbecause of our
culture or background. Know that your race or ethnicitydoesn’t define
or limit who you are and what you can do. Don’t beafraid to stay
connected to your roots and don’t let people pushstereotypes on you,
even if it can come off as a compliment and mightbe hard to spot. I
wish I knew how much those words impacted me becauseI now have
insanely unreachable standards for myself and as aresult, I end up
feeling defeated. So learn how to spot those stereotypes,fight back
against them and stand up for yourself.
mchaos
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