Posts tagged american
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
Leaving Home While Standing Still
Leaving Home While Standing Still

I don’t know how to stay and invest in a city long-term. I’m panicking because there is no reason to go, there is no goodbye coming and because this is foreign…

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ConflictBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, conflict, job, long term, belonging, moving, run, family, Peru, Costa Rica, Nashville, Minneapolis, USA, America, american, States, happiness, city, childhoodComment
I Broke Up With Alabama
I Broke Up With Alabama

"Hi. Where are you going?," a man asked me as he sat across from me at the bus station in Alabama.

We just got off the same bus from Atlanta to some city in Alabama, Birmingham, maybe? I don't know the geography of Alabama at all. I still can't look at maps of Alabama without crying...

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Where Are You From?By Coco Spencer (From America, China & Russia. Living between Moscow, Detroit & Oakland)TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, journal, Alabama, bus, question, where are you from, california, american, race, English, parents, grandparents, heritage, Filipino, Japanese, AsianComment
Modern Day Phoenixes
Modern Day Phoenixes

When I am asked this question, I immediately think of my parents. My mother was born on the island of Coron, a mere freckle nestled within the larger island province of Palawan off the west coast of the Philippines...

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Where Are You From?By Claire Rementilla (From New Jersey. Living in California)third culture kid, journal, where are you from, TCK TOWN, new jersey, california, question, coron, palawan, philippines, manila, east coast, american, new york, first-generation, Filipino-American, TOP TENComment