https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj en-us 2020-08-21 16:44:19 UTC 2020-09-05 02:28:17 UTC hello@padlet.com raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/715603031 2020-09-02 17:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/715603031 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/715611163 A view I always have to visit when I'm back home.]]> 2020-09-02 17:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/715611163 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/716027200 When I visit I stick out like a sore thumb, tattoos and my gothic style don't get very welcomed during 1st impressions. At the same time, Its hard to care about the people staring at you when you can finally enjoy some traditional food you've been missing out on. I just daydream of eating a big pastry box of Alfajores and relaxing in the plaza. 

]]> 2020-09-02 19:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/716027200 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/716031835 I was born in Chile and lived my first year there until I came to Oregon. My mothers family slowly followed suit and  immigrated over to the same place we had settled at. It was really important for me growing up that I had such a big + loving family. When I visit Chile and see the ever growing family, I love feeling like I have connections spanning thousands of miles. I live there in my mind, but sadly I know I'm better off in the US. ]]> 2020-09-02 19:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/716031835 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/716486110  Having a Chilean Mom but an Irish Dad made growing up a bit confusing. They both were catholic and enforced those views on me, but I had to adapt to communicating with two very different people, culturally and morally. Even their parenting styles and expectations pf me were distinct from each other. I identified more with my latin@ identity especially with growing up in my strictly Spanish speaking Chilean family. ]]> 2020-09-02 23:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/716486110 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/716535617 When I went to a public school on the rich side of town (we lived on the edge of the borderlines) I was too different for my peers to accept me with my dark hairy arms, uni brow, mustache, and accent. I then switched to a school that had a ratio of 60:40, Mexican/Latinx children to white children. I felt a lot more accepted there but kept getting mistaken for Mexican. Most of the time I got too tired to correct people, and eventually just started calling myself that. Now I recognize that my identity should be respected, and I shouldn't have to conform. Sometimes I can't believe the stuff I let slide.]]> 2020-09-03 00:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/716535617 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/716559429 As a part of the LGBTQ+ community and a medical cannabis patient for a chronic illness, my extended family has been ashamed of me for a while.]]> 2020-09-03 00:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/716559429 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722287947 2020-09-05 00:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722287947 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722321062 I recently learned that My Mother's side of me carries Mapuche blood/ancestry, but starting in the 1900's it was safer for my family to hide that part and assimilate. I now feel like there's a part of me I might never understand. There is strong discrimination today in Chile between the Hispanic ancestry Chileans, and the indigenous Mapuche. To the point where they've tried to snuff any records of them out,  I cant find any substantial information about the culture.]]> 2020-09-05 01:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722321062 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722328279 2020-09-05 01:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722328279 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722341618 2020-09-05 01:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722341618 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722345571 The government in Chile has been corrupt since the start. My mom recounts her years of protesting the unjust imprisonment of Mapuche Chileans, when today, it continues to happen. I try to take that generational energy and channel in into the country I'm living in today. To Combat the racist police brutality and incarceration of our black and brown family. I will keep protesting and so will my offspring if the discrimination doesn't stop. ]]> 2020-09-05 02:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722345571 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722349136 Same can be said for the US
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 "This is a movement, were not at war"]]> 2020-09-05 02:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722349136 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722350148 This is a classic art concept, done over and over. but the three different layers of the one face says to me - multiple identities, one face/body. Which can be said for how I feel as a Queer Chilean american. ]]> 2020-09-05 02:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722350148 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722354960 2020-09-05 02:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722354960 raquelspersonal https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722356495 I'm still looking for latinx friends that will accept me for the way I am. I've never met any other Chileans and I have yet to make queer latinx friends. I specify that because it's nice to be surrounded by people who understand you and have experienced similar things. ]]> 2020-09-05 02:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/raquelspersonal/v96kxc0154l7i6xj/wish/722356495