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My mom thinking the only way I will succeed in life in America was to only speak English instead of our native language because of the way she was treated for her accent.

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At school was given feedback on my “accent” and was treated like it was a disability

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as a kid, I was made to feel invisible in my family because of my age.

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as a teen I wanted to try out to be a cheerleader but when I went to sign up, the girl at the sign up table said I was too fat and I was going to get rejected

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being afraid to bring my delicious cultural foods to lunch because other kids would bully me

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Sex education was ALWAYS hetero, never queer and never liberatory

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At one of the public elementary schools I attended, the staff would publicly punish the students for speaking Mandarin on the playground with one another--even though the student body was predominantly Chinese.

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"you're too young to understand"

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Not being allowed to try out for the foot ball team because I was a girl

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I was one of a handful of Mexican-American in a very white high school and was clearly treated differently than the other light skinned, white-passing Mexicans at the school.

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always bombarded with European standards of beauty, religion, and ways of being

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Having to take personal days for my most holy holidays or my kids having to choose between exams and religious practice.

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There was no LGBTQ clubs or support groups or resources at all at my high school and the admin would not allow students to start their own on campus

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not fitting in with middle class norms or understanding their etiquette

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Picked on by white students at my middle school for being an immigrant into this country and having a language barrier.

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Automatically assuming I was straight

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Grew up in a household where my father's word was gospel and there was no real room for my opinion or thoughts as a woman or as his daughter.

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Consistently denied jobs in computer science field as a woman in the 90s

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being harassed in stores, banks, hospitals, and having security called to bathrooms when I'd enter them.

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Being told by my uncle that I would have my "man card" revoked if I expressed anything he thought was too feminine.

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Coming out as Bisexual, I have been consistently criticized and undermined by my peers. People think because I (a woman) married a man that being Bisexual is null and void when it is really a large part of my identity.

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I have often witnessed people deny other people's hidden disability.

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Growing up in a deeply conservative Christian household I both perpetuated and was subjected to incredibly toxic patriarchy, it took me well into my 20s to fully understand the extent of both the damage I exacted, experienced, and internalized as the result of this time in my life. It remains something that creeps into my actions if I am not acutely aware.

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In our district the staff are 97% white.

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Trans direct service workers not having safe spaces in statewide support spaces

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Men not being able to have safe spaces (even within anti-violence spaces) to talk about being survivors.

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Harassment by male coworker. Being told my anger was because it must be “that time of the month”

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I have had so much white privilege my whole life.

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a colleague told me she "had no time for this" when I tried to tell her a new colleague uses "they/them" pronouns, this person holds marginalized identities herself!

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White washed history….history created so that the narrative praises whiteness, I was even told to feel pride that I had ancestors from the Mayflower.

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Denying my sexuality for so long because it was easier to pass as straight

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My husband being told that they couldn't accommodate his deafness- higher ed, jobs, healthcare.

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not being able to participate in book fairs due to not being able to buy books...always feeling visibly separate from others because my family couldn't afford things

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Anti-Blackness exists in every culture, even among People of Color.

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Being questioned over using a sick day for mental health reasons

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People second guessing and undermining my authority due to my age-- causing on self doubt

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Being able to walk into stores and hotels to use bathroom because I am white.

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My wife's parents and religious upbringing at first rejected our same sex relationship. Caused years of stress, feelings of unworthiness, rejection, pain, and hurt.

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“You’re pretty for a dark girl”

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being told I'm pretty for a fat girl, or shouldn't be wearing certain clothes because it's not for my size, but i PROUDLY STILL DO!

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my body never fit the image we are told to aspire to in our culture. it has resulted in body image issues for most of my life.

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Being judged and not taken seriously by other interns because I didn't got to an Ivy League School

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Lack of pay equity- a racial wage gap between Black and non-Black ppl in every institution I've worked at

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Primarily white community refuses to change Mascot because they feel it “honors” Indigenous people’s culture. I also see so many kids playing Cowboy-Indians in front of adults who never intervene

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The ignorant fear that I held in relationship to urban communities having grown up in a largely homogeneous rural community is something that I am still ashamed of today.

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Not taken seriously because of my young age

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Not taken seriously because of my young age

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Not advancing in a position because I was told that I was not strong enough like a man.

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Having to hide my disability to avoid people thinking I am less capable.

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Having to hide my disability to avoid people thinking I am less capable.

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“How is this ‘girl’ going to accomplish all this?” Said to the old white man next to me by the old white man across from me.

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“How is this ‘girl’ going to accomplish all this?” Said to the old white man next to me by the old white man across from me.

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Being placed in special ED classes when I started school because I didn't speak English

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Being placed in special ED classes when I started school because I didn't speak English

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Both my "disability" and my chronic illness are invisible. Can't tell you how many times I've been told "but you look fine".

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Both my "disability" and my chronic illness are invisible. Can't tell you how many times I've been told "but you look fine".

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Being told I'm not skinny enough for certain things

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Being told I'm not skinny enough for certain things

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Being told my transgender identity is not aligned with my black culture 

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Being told my transgender identity is not aligned with my black culture 

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I have seen people be frustrated when a person hard of hearing ask for them to repeat something.

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Not fitting into one culture or another. 

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Not fitting into one culture or another. 

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Having my size be the first thing people notice about me.

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I look younger than I am, but am also told I am an old soul. As a child, I was  "too big for your britches".

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I look younger than I am, but am also told I am an old soul. As a child, I was  "too big for your britches".

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Never felt comfortable in my own skin because I was told I wasn't good enough because of my waistline.

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Finding out that the new male hire, with zero experience, was being paid more than I was, despite the fact that I had more education, qualifications and experience in the job

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Finding out that the new male hire, with zero experience, was being paid more than I was, despite the fact that I had more education, qualifications and experience in the job

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When I worked in a portrait studio, one of the women I worked with would always ask me to handle the Pakistani or Indian or really any non native English speakers because she couldn’t understand them and often said things like, “They should learn to speak English,” when often, their English was better than hers was.

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Not being able to attend an event with friends because I lived in a low income apartment and we were below the poverty line and the even required a certain amount of money.

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Expecting my daughter to do more house work than I did of my son's. Continued the cycle 

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Expecting my daughter to do more house work than I did of my son's. Continued the cycle 

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My step dad always said the kitchen was for a woman. Cleaning is for women. And that no one will truly love a woman but only use her for sex. Being objectified by boys in my younger years. Just because I am a woman does not mean I’m just an object or that all I am good for is cleaning and cooking.

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Assuming that because I am older that healing to a lesser extent than a younger or more athletic appearing person is acceptable.  

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Assuming that because I am older that healing to a lesser extent than a younger or more athletic appearing person is acceptable.  

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As soon as I walk in the room they see my young face and instantly undermine the work I do

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Not taken seriously-no higher education-college degree

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New advocates having to earn there place at the table because people take they do not having the education.

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New advocates having to earn there place at the table because people take they do not having the education.

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Being told by my male supervisor that I needed to be better “friends” with female co-workers in order to resolve differences. 

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Being told by my male supervisor that I needed to be better “friends” with female co-workers in order to resolve differences. 

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Living in a gated subdivision in a beautiful home and a manicured lawn meant that it wasn't possible I was suffering from child abuse and a witness to violence.

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Living in a gated subdivision in a beautiful home and a manicured lawn meant that it wasn't possible I was suffering from child abuse and a witness to violence.

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My husband not participating in household chores because he was a man and that was something he reported they didn’t have to do. 🙈

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My husband won't let my kids have their own opinions about anything he doesn't agree with

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My husband won't let my kids have their own opinions about anything he doesn't agree with

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I grew up in a Christian household, I was not taught any of my culture. Being told that Native Americans are a concouqred people. Being told that the Bible was right and the only way to live your life. I was taught that the husband was the head of the household and he was to make all of the decisions. 

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I grew up in a Christian household, I was not taught any of my culture. Being told that Native Americans are a concouqred people. Being told that the Bible was right and the only way to live your life. I was taught that the husband was the head of the household and he was to make all of the decisions. 

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Not being consider for a job or most jobs because I’m in my 50s.

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My boyfriend being inconsiderate of my feelings because he thought being sensitive is "pathetic"

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Being told to respect someone’s religious beliefs, even though those beliefs disrespect someone’s entire life 

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Being told to respect someone’s religious beliefs, even though those beliefs disrespect someone’s entire life 

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When walking into a new position and the team is younger then me and I hear whispering that I am to old do this kind of work anymore. 😑

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All my life feeling I had to assimilate to whiteness or I wouldn't be able to..... Fill in blank here _

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All my life feeling I had to assimilate to whiteness or I wouldn't be able to..... Fill in blank here _

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I was told that I was too fat to have a boyfriend,  no one could possibly love me. I was accepted behind closed doors but not in public. 

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I was told that I was too fat to have a boyfriend,  no one could possibly love me. I was accepted behind closed doors but not in public. 

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Wondering if people will make assumptions about what I’m doing, eating, etc due to my size.

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My aunty saying "your opinion doesn't matter, you're a child."

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Because my disability is not visible to eye people think I am lazy and do not want to do the work.

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Just because I look like Barbie, doesn't mean I don't struggle with weight. My body, also, isn't perfect. In highschool, I was asked if I was going to go vomit after lunch. 

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Just because I look like Barbie, doesn't mean I don't struggle with weight. My body, also, isn't perfect. In highschool, I was asked if I was going to go vomit after lunch. 

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Participating in my native culture but being judged for looking too white.

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Being told I was too light skinned to be Native American. 

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Being told I was too light skinned to be Native American. 

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Being labeled a “bad kid” just because I was from the Reservation

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When I was younger I was told I looked like a white person and I was happy that I could pass as white. Ashamed of my own culture 

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When I was younger I was told I looked like a white person and I was happy that I could pass as white. Ashamed of my own culture 

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I have been told that I can't possibly be Native American because I am too light. I must be one of those Cherokee's that have a grandma that is a princess. 

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I have been told that I can't possibly be Native American because I am too light. I must be one of those Cherokee's that have a grandma that is a princess. 

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Being Chicana (Mexican-American woman) has allowed me to see through lenses of 2 different cultures. I get so sad when I hear my people shame our people who have darker skin or have larger features. 

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Being Chicana (Mexican-American woman) has allowed me to see through lenses of 2 different cultures. I get so sad when I hear my people shame our people who have darker skin or have larger features. 

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Saying I'm not Native enough because my skin is lighter then most Natives.

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Marital status. When I got married in my mid twenties, I saw the rural community I worked in suddenly treat me different, with more respect. It's hard to explain. When I got divorced it was astounding how the light switch turned back off and somehow I was less of a responsible person? Less capable? Less valuable?

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Marital status. When I got married in my mid twenties, I saw the rural community I worked in suddenly treat me different, with more respect. It's hard to explain. When I got divorced it was astounding how the light switch turned back off and somehow I was less of a responsible person? Less capable? Less valuable?

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Being called lazy when I’m experiencing crippling depression. 

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Being called lazy when I’m experiencing crippling depression. 

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I’m too dark a native that I face looks and name calling every day.

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Still feeling influenced to conform to body and beauty standards when I have birthed 4 children, one by myself. Why am I still judging myself by impossible patriarchal standards?

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Still feeling influenced to conform to body and beauty standards when I have birthed 4 children, one by myself. Why am I still judging myself by impossible patriarchal standards?

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I bought a new car for myself and others that noticed stated I must have a caring husband.

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I bought a new car for myself and others that noticed stated I must have a caring husband.