Or… I ain’t problematic, I have a [group name] friend!! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about in-person exposure to a particular race, religion,
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Tag: Third Culture
India Sweets & Spices Review – Desi Representation & Colorism in Mainstream American Culture
India Sweets & Spices, about a girl named Alia who discovers family secrets during summer break, certainly does have imperfections. But I’m happy that it exists and that it adds to the growing (and never perfect) list of stories told about South Asians.
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On the Fragility of Our Connections
On the nature & fragility of friendship, of love & its connections & how people so often change the connections they have always known.
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My President was a Third Culture Kid
Although he may not have meant it, Ta-Nehesi Coates’ article on President Obama in The Atlantic pretty much names him a Third Culture Kid (TCK)
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I Bought (Another) House – Wait, Why?
… or Shut-up State Farm, Your “Nevers” Commercial is Wrong! A few years ago, I moved out of my house in the ‘burbs into
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Growing Up In Your Hometown
I wanted to circle back on the discussion I had with my friend about trying to build a connection to the motherland when it’s
Continue readingConnections to the Motherland, Connections to Where People Live
Last weekend, I had Primanti’s iftar with an old friend who was in town. He asked me if/how connected I feel to the motherland.
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I’m at the DMV right now. There’s an Eastern European woman here with her son. And I marvel at how extraordinary people are that
Continue readingFighting for Substance
A quarter-life crisis to be followed by a mid-life crisis to be followed by a late-life crisis to be followed by death Fight Club
Continue readingHaving the courage to change
The freedom to change our lives, as we ostensibly have in Amrikan society, is largely an illusion without possessing the courage to change our
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