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Sekar Langit's avatar

I can relate. I was also a minority due to some factors in my country of origin. Your prose is beautiful. I may not see my look and root represented in the media (tbh even from the cuisine landscape, they have no soft power compared to other SEAsian countries). But words understand me, writing comforts me. I wrote a prose/poem not quite sure what it's called, about the same topic, that being underprivileged makes it ingrained in me to work extra harder, to "earn" everything because nothing is guaranteed. It's in one of my posts.

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Harriet Toole's avatar

Utterly beautiful writing - I could't stop reading, I felt like I was right there with you as you put these words together. Thank you for sharing such an important yet painful message. We see you and we're lucky to read your words 💜

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