Reflecting on the personal is political part 2

<p>When we talk about women of color sometimes we forget that East Asian and chinese women are also women of color. This is nothing against non-Asian people of color, but I&rsquo;ve always felt like our experiences as East Asian and Chinese people are forgotten about. That&rsquo;s why this reading made me feel so seen and understood. It&rsquo;s called &ldquo;Mother Tongue&rdquo; by Amy Tan.</p> <p>It discusses this concept of different kinds of Englishes. There&rsquo;s english you use with your family, there&rsquo;s english you use in the classroom, there&rsquo;s english you use in literature, and there&rsquo;s english that non-native speakers use. I have been a native English speaker my whole life because I&rsquo;ve been born and raised in the United States my whole life. So the experience with immigration and language barriers was an Asian and POC experience that I never had. I had the fortune of receiving quality english education to the point where when speaking with non-native english speaking climate activists across the world, there were many barriers and differences.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@iris4action/reflecting-on-the-personal-is-political-part-2-2ba09de91c47"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>