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Ping Pong Across the Indian Ocean
Ping Pong Across the Indian Ocean

Many people didn’t know what Pakistan was. Right after 9/11, they did…

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Moving, Asia, Education, SchoolBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)isolation, cities, homework, Perth, college, hometown, study, friends, school, Australia, work, home, Tck, parents, awareness, home country, friendship, house, TCK TOWN, cricket, Arabs, TCK, move back, life, Pakistani, homes, countries, immigrants, high school, world, tck, Australian, travelled, moving, holidays, South Asian, summer, country, Pakistan, third culture kid, Karachi, settle, South Asia Comments
The Pink Lion from Tanzania
The Pink Lion from Tanzania

I wanted to claim Tanzania as my home, but how could I? I was not accepted by others as a part of their country…

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Where Are You From?, AfricaBy Abby Farran (From America & South Africa. Living in Tanzania)Tck, TCK, third culture kid, TCK TOWN, Tanzania, South Africa, home, identity, school, friends, family, country, accent, speak, languages, America, States, culture, cultures, ethnicities, living, blend, experience, life experiences, AfricaComment
Making Americans Great Again
Making Americans Great Again

Are white, American men going to keep steamrolling over our cultures with their incorrect ideas about who we are and how our differences could harm them?

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Heroes, North AmericaBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)American, hero, Dubai, India, cultural, third culture kid, white culture, heroes, white, culture, America, cultures, ameri, multicultural, TCK TOWN, cross cultural, TCK, tck, Tck, third culture adultComment
Adulthood Across Three Continents
Adulthood Across Three Continents

In places like East Pakistan (before it became Bangladesh), Kuwait, and Sierra Leone there just weren’t that many expat families…

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Adulthood, ChangeBy Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)tck, Tck, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, adult, adulthood, child, family, parents, moving, Pakistan, Kuwait, Sierra Leone, age, teenager, England, boarding school, West Africa, independentComment
Condoms on Bananas & Toxic Attitudes
Condoms on Bananas & Toxic Attitudes

I still remember sex education class vividly. Condoms on bananas, cheesy videos, and the odd inappropriate comment from one or the other of my classmates. I was in an all-boys school in Perth, Australia…

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Sex, RelationshipsBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)TCK TOWN, Tck, TCK, third culture kid, culture, sex, sexuality, education, Perth, Australian, Australia, Pakistani, Pakistan, school, boys, youngComment
Hope and Healing in Flores de Villa
Hope and Healing in Flores de Villa

As a child who grew up in a suburban bubble in Minnesota, coming to Flores de Villa was shocking. I was unaware of the poverty that existed, and to see it first-hand changed me forever...

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Woman, Community, RelationshipsBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)tck, Tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, third culture kid, Peru, Peruvian, women, woman, culture, cross cultural, community, mother, mom, Mum, family, poverty, Lima, Spanish, TOP TENComment
My Black Community Accuses You
My Black Community Accuses You

I soon realized that I’d avoid anyone who was Black unless they were someone my inner circle knew. I didn’t want to make friends with everyone. I just wanted to survive. What I didn’t realise was how racist I became to protect myself…

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Racism, CommunityBy Shannon Irby (From Ramstein, Tucson, Okinawa, Adana, D.C., San Antonio & Houston. Living in Okinawa.)TCK, tck, Tck, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, racism, school, high school, american, African, black, move, moving countries, moving, teaching, studentsComment