Posts tagged multicultural
The Flaws of My Perfection
The Flaws of My Perfection

Life is a tightly budded flower, thorny and gnarled on a bush, wind battered and opened to bloom, not their store bought plastic flower…

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IdentityBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)third culture adult, third culture kid, TCK, flaws, identity, immigrant, multicultural, multiethnic, customs, traditions, experiences, borders, foreignness, existence, fracture, safety, homogenous, perfection, nourishing, loveComment
Identity crises in a Pandemic: An Emotional Introspection
Identity crises in a Pandemic: An Emotional Introspection

I was bawling. I don’t think my partner had ever seen me cry like that in the three years we’ve been together. I wasn’t such a mess even when my step dad passed away six months earlier…

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COVID-19By Albert Kurniadi (From Indonesia, Australia & Canada. Living in London)third culture adult, third culture kid, TCK, TCA, identity, love, survival, vulnerability, coronavirus, COVID-19, isolation, canada, australia, indonesia, china, united kingdom, multicultural, multiethnic, together, separation, emotions, kindness, fear, pandemic, obstacles, grief, desperation, thriving, madness, lockdown, despair, cheerfulnessComment
Making Americans Great Again
Making Americans Great Again

Are white, American men going to keep steamrolling over our cultures with their incorrect ideas about who we are and how our differences could harm them?

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Heroes, North AmericaBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)American, hero, Dubai, India, cultural, third culture kid, white culture, heroes, white, culture, America, cultures, ameri, multicultural, TCK TOWN, cross cultural, TCK, tck, Tck, third culture adultComment
The Guts of Being Cross-Cultural
The Guts of Being Cross-Cultural

With the whole of my heart (and my guts), I believe that your accent is fine just the way it is. There isn't really a right way to say 'tomato'. While you can't expect others to agree with your cultural identity, you can expect people to respect it...

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Thank YouBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)advice, culture, lessons, multicultural, cultures, ideas, cross cultural, tck, friends, inspiration, new year, beliefs, 2018, love, relationships, relationship, family, friendship, TCK TOWN, language, multilocalComment
My Also Family
My Also Family

My family and my blood are in Alaska. My heart will hold up north and I fool no one. But my also “family” exists as much to me down in Texas and California, Washington and Tokyo... 

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FamilyBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK, TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, Apache, Native American, family, families, blood, relatives, relations, relationship, relationships, born, parent, grandparents, aunt, estranged, Illinois, Americans, American, America, USA, Chicago, Alaska, Texas, California, Washington, Tokyo, Japan, friendship, friend, friends, multicultural Comment
Cutting Along The Bias
Cutting Along The Bias

Despite the media’s scrutiny of migrants and TCK’s, a number of people are refusing to let their opinion be swayed by the negative rhetoric and instead are choosing to form their own opinions untainted by unconscious bias...

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Speak EasyBy Anam Javed (From Pakistan. Living in Melbourne)TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, bias, Speak easy, embarrassment, biases, interview, conversation, diversity, diverse, culture, multicultural, town, Anglo-Saxon, Australian, migrants, beliefs, understandingComment