What does it mean for something to be mine and not yours? what "right" do I have to a space, a land, a boundary? Maybe I'm the "good" immigrant to them. The Ivy degree, no criminal record, "good addition" to this country checkboxes. I think about the first time someone told me that I should… Continue reading Living My Own Narratives
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The Importance of Sharing ‘Stories of Self’
"I'm tired of being normal. I'm tired of being inner city. I'm ready to be somebody else's inspiration." -Anonymous student going on Boston college tour I noted in one of my last blog posts that I don't often talk with my students in detail about the fact that I went to Harvard, for a variety… Continue reading The Importance of Sharing ‘Stories of Self’
Odelia Younge 