Tag Archives: stereotypes
When the Shoe Doesn’t Fit
Growing up Asian-American and Adopted in a Southern White Church I was born halfway around the world from the place I now consider home. My life story does not begin in a hospital, like many people’s, but in the Greenville-Spartanburg … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Asian-American, Border Crossers, PCA, Racial Justice, roots, stereotypes, white privilege, YAET, young adults
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The Power of Bias
More than five years ago, I helped conduct an exercise with a large, diverse group of public transportation drivers. Each participant was given the same set of cards with one word typed clearly on each. They read: Asian, Middle Eastern, African-American, … Continue reading
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Tagged community organizing, prejudice, Racial Justice, racism, stereotypes, strange fruit, violence
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