Culture, Identity, And Erasure |
Culture, Identity, And Erasure
The Odyssey Online
2015-11-17
Lina Chaoui, Contributing Writer
Île-de-France, France
Do not put me in a box you are more comfortable with.
An open letter to anyone who has ever tried to define me by appearances. To those who are of a mixed background and have had their identities ruled by others. If you break it down, I am 1/4 swiss, 1/4 Irish, 1/4 Moroccan, 1/8 Italian and 1/8 Lithuanian. I don’t really claim my Italian or Lithuanian side because it is relatively minuscule and the culture was never prevalent in my life…
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