Intergenerational storytelling: A hunger
Off the Beat
I’ve always felt a sense of responsibility for collecting intergenerational stories because I understood people live as long as our memories of them do.
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On being an unlikely Leo
Cal in Color
From a young age, I was afraid of being expressive and taking up space. I learned to make myself smaller and quieter so white people would feel comfortable.
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I am my Brownness
Cal in Color
Obviously, I knew that I was Brown. But in their attempts to make me feel included, my Ukrainian family made me feel even more othered.
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Slipping through the cracks
Cal in Color
As much as I enjoy the opportunity of sharing the wonderful tangle of my background, multiracial people are expected to constantly explain our existences.
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Lessons on citizenship, from your local naturalization ceremony
To vote is to claim agency — to use the freedoms subscribed to you by law as a source of empowerment within our democratic system.
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