Auntie Sewing Squad, Hmong Girls, & Hmong Boys by VALERIE NAING

politicization

2025-02-19 22:35:15 UTC

i immediately thought of how politicized gender is, when it’s merely a human made descriptor

Community support, generally in the wake of governmental/systemic failure.

2025-02-19 22:36:11 UTC

Terror

2025-02-19 22:36:26 UTC

survival skill

2025-02-19 22:36:49 UTC

we assimilate out of a need for survival, ultimately

2025-02-19 22:37:10 UTC

providing care and resources (like masks from “auntie sewing squad”) to meet each other’s needs

Immigrants

2025-02-19 22:37:35 UTC

This word reminds me of how immigrants are put into work so harshly and get little to no credit.

Pressure

2025-02-19 22:37:37 UTC

Expectation

2025-02-19 22:37:48 UTC

standard/ stereotype/ gender norm

2025-02-19 22:37:50 UTC

Assimilation often happens to many families as we try to blend in with the environment.

Pairs w loss of familial connection

2025-02-19 22:37:58 UTC

Unified Efforts

2025-02-19 22:38:00 UTC

I think of the various injustices that workers have had to face over the decades and how they would respond in their own way depending on what kinds of groups that these people were a part of.

2025-02-19 22:38:04 UTC

assimilation can be seen as a trade off, assimilating into a new culture would indicate a loss in cultural heritage during immigration

Support from others

2025-02-19 22:38:35 UTC

Helping others around you voluntarily as well as others helping u