“To Whom It May Concern: A Bajan’s Attempt to Code Switch”
Home drums beat first: Before taking on someone’s else’s problems, you should first look after your own affairs.*Surrounded by seas of whiteness, I craved my accent.A few years ago, filled with excitement and hesitant optimism, I visited friends in Idaho and Utah for eight weeks. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I believed that the shared religious identity would connect me to those whose skin differed from my own instead of proving how different I was.I didn’t feel discomfort in Idaho, easily slipping into my hanai (adopted) family. I got used to Costco runs […]
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“Family History: Made for You But Not for Me”
Chances are that I would never find my family by simply clicking a link on a phone app.
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