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I hope for the best, always and ideally, but understand the worst my be lurking around any corner. I am an optimist more than anything though in believing in the overall good that exists within most people...

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Our presence and current standing within a lot of communities does make me see we have more strides to take in affecting a broad and wide-spreading tolerance for all.

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Not just about me but about most all persons of color and even persons of non-color have presumptions made about them that may or may not be true. I think there's basically good in most all of us, with the exception of a few rotten apples in the bunch, of course....

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There are always going to be assumptions on this or that community, occupied by whichever people - rich/poor, black/white, etc. I believe community outreach is important by those who are in position to do so. Community involvement and volunteerism helps quite a bit, I think, with the overall self-esteem with people in a community.

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I definitely see myself as situated in my parents' context and how they're situated in a global context of migration, colonization, immigration, displacement, etc.  I see myself as the product of all this pain, and in difficult times, I remind myself that this will to survive and this ability to be resilient runs in my blood.

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I identify as AAPI and I've been particularly impacted by immigration and colonization, as well as forced displacement and the role of servitude for those who lose international wars. History has made me understand why my parents made so many decisions...like the fact that my dad went to school without an ESL program as an immigrant, which taught him that he should reject his native language. As a result, he did not teach me English. I also internalized English only growing up and had to unlearn that.

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Honestly, AAPIs are rarely written into history books or history in general so the fact that I exist is a start.

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See my previous answer.  AAPIs are largely invisible from textbooks, entertainment, media, etc.  It's not even wrong or right at this point, it's just like we don't exist.

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History never made me reflect on the person I am. Trinidad is never once mention in the history books. Columbus discovered the west indies and thats the extent to which my heritage is included in k-12.

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I think history has made me be wary of many communities. We all have pasts we would rather forget than acknowledge. However, i associate with those you can acknowledge where we came from and how to atone and be better.

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Again, I dont exist according to the history textbooks. People always ask me where Trinidad is; people dont even know that it is a country.

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Again - my community is not present in textbooks. I dont figure they will get us right or wrong any time soon.