Posts tagged Iraq
The Labeling of Self
The Labeling of Self

“We African-Americans understand. It is a Black experience” with a gesture that included Patrice. Patrice cut her off immediately. She held up her hand and said, “No one likes a blanket being thrown over them”…

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RacismBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, tck, Tck, election, American, labels, African-American, Middle-Eastern, Turkey, Iraq, Egyptian, German, Italian, Bulgarian, black, Jamaican, Irish, Hispanic, LatinoComment
I Could be From Bali
I Could be From Bali

My grandmother spoke in Javanese a lot, especially to my grandfather. This was usually when she was talking about me or my sister, assuming that my attendance at an English and Indonesian speaking school meant I would not understand her...

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Where Are You From?By Nadira Harini (From Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Baghdad & Doha. Living in Brisbane)TCK, TCK TOWN, Tck, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Javanese, Indonesia, Dutch, Indonesian, Baghdad, United Nations, Arabic, Iraq, Italian, Brisbane, Bali, North AmericaComment