#multicultural
hey is anyone else from a multicultural background having trouble coping with the fact that their upbringing was whitewashed and every attempt to get closer to your culture makes you feel like a fraud? no? just me? cool
Hey everyone. Just wanted to say that I’m aware of how I may have come across in the last year. I haven’t really opened up about why but here’s my chance. Basically I was groped. By Muslims. Near school and the school did nothing apart from reprimand me for my school uniform. As you can see, I held a lot of resentment for Muslims and immigrants. Since then I’ve expressed how I’ve felt and put bluntly I was racist. I’ve spent time with other Muslims who are actually great friends now and I see that anger has clouded my view. I’d like to firstly apologise to the black and Muslim community for my behaviour and during these trying times with the pandemic, any of you that need help or provisions and live in the Munich area my family will help. Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope we can rebuild the bridges that racism burned down ❤️
Honoring Birth Culture- Helping Your Adopted Child Connect to their Biological Roots
I was asked a few weeks ago to create a post discussing how adoptive families can incorporate a child’s birth culture into their daily life, in the comments of my other blog post discussing how I was perceived as an ‘ungrateful’ adoptee.
I’m glad that a lot of you seem to understand that I am speaking out to help advocate for children and others who don’t have a platform to do so. So many…
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