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How do you make someone listen when they don’t want to? How do you fix the reality and existence of casual, everyday racism when the white perpetrators refuse to believe/acknowledge they perpetuate discrimination because they’re offended at being labeled a “racist”?

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Whether you loved it or not, if you ever grew up studying at a Catholic school you’ll probably know what I’m talking about.

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Where I come from children are not allowed to be children.

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“We must reflect and re-reflect on who we are as a people as a generation at the edge of the crossroads, for we are currently the children of the storm.”

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My mom actually felt scared when I told her that I’m a lesbian. She was afraid for my safety, afraid for the things I might encounter, afraid of the prejudices ahead of me.

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“I have to be successful because I like expensive things.”

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Life is better shared.

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And last but not least Mark Paul Gossellaarr, who played the notoriously charming Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell.

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For Asian American males, emasculation is something we’re constantly trying to overcome. We know that our depictions in the media are often not very masculine and certainly not sexual.

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I generally consider myself to be a little lonely in the family department. My father, stepmother, and baby brother moved back to the Philippines two years ago—almost 9,000 miles of flight away from me. My older brother (and best friend) is moving to Ohio, for grad school. And I live alone in a sleepy city in New England.