Tag: race
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“Where are you from?”
It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve had a productive couple of weeks though, poetry-wise: poetry events including workshops and poetry slams, submitting poems to journals (and getting accepted!), and writing poems for submission have all been keeping me busy. This last week, I’ve been trying, specifically, to write a poem about ‘belonging.’ One…
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Flood Damages by Eunice Andrada
I first came across poet Eunice Andrada a year or so ago when I was browsing through spoken word poetry videos on YouTube. I came across this video, and was immediately drawn in upon hearing her read a poem in Filipino (Tagalog), one of my native tongues. Last month, I was in one of my…
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Caught Between Countries
In my last post, I talked a little about my experience as a person of mixed race/ethnicity. I mentioned how, because of this, in both of my countries of origin, I am perceived as an immigrant. Although in many ways I felt that word did not apply to me because neither of the countries in…
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Mixtiza
Mixtiza = mixed [race] + mestiza Lately, I have been thinking about race. In particular, I’ve been reflecting on my experience of race as a person of mixed ethnicity, something I’ve mentioned in previous posts. A little bit of background for you – my mother is a white Anglo Australian, and my father is Filipino, from…
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Borders
In my last post, I talked about Safia Elhillo’s poetry collection and her poetry’s impact on me. Today, I am thinking about borders. I think we must all be aware, by now, of the situation at the United States borders, and of their immigration policies. I came across this article on my Facebook newsfeed, talking…
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