Does the Presence of an Accent mean the Lack of Intelligence in HoCo? A couple of months ago, my mother and I went to the doctor's office, and once the receptionist heard the accented words leave my mother's mouth to announce that she was here for her appointment, she immediately got irritated and repeated that she could not understand my mother at all. It continued like that for about a minute until my mom asked me to repeat what she had said. I could see that my mother was struggling and … [Read more...]
Fear of Differences
Someone of mixed race was accused of bringing COVID to the US, even though this person has never been outside of the US. … [Read more...]
Been to China recently?
In March of 2020, I had to go to urgent care for my son. During check-in, the nurse said, "I am sorry, but I have to ask this question: have you or your son been to China recently?" Although we are of Asian descent, I did not take offense to the question, and understood the reasoning for the question. I was encouraged at the empathy the nurse felt towards us in having to ask the question. … [Read more...]
Race and Disability
I work with individuals with autism and families...all too often children who are black and brown are diagnosed and receiving services much later than while children by a few years. Behaviors are identified instead of considering underlying disability. … [Read more...]
Food for HoCo
The Indian cultural association has been distributing free food for all in HCLS parking lots during COVID, which is very heartening to see, given the anti immigrant conflicts in HoCo over the last few years. … [Read more...]
Racist Lens
Narratives and dynamics repeated in the county frequently imply that people in need in the county are Black and Latino. When I saw the diversity of people collecting food at a recent distribution it made me realize that I'd internalized some of that rhetoric. Even during a pandemic and related contraction of jobs I'm ashamed to say I was surprised by the full diversity of people coming to receive food. I've since wondered about our social services - I don't think that we're doing enough to help … [Read more...]
