https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f RACISM, CLASSISM & RELIGION en-us 2021-07-13 00:07:27 UTC 2021-07-15 02:45:35 UTC hello@padlet.com gnoguera https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1648475621 2021-07-14 01:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1648475621 gnoguera https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1648477925 2021-07-14 01:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1648477925 gnoguera https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1648478190 2021-07-14 01:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1648478190 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650403644 My mom's racial slurs while driving me to school.]]> 2021-07-15 02:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650403644 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650404566 7 years old - My father wouldn't let us celebrate Christmas because of its Christian connotations.]]> 2021-07-15 02:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650404566 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650404999 When my father started dating my now stepmom who is White. ]]> 2021-07-15 02:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650404999 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650405139 Being in a first communion class and kids touching my hair. I remember a kid saying to me, "Frank your hair feels like wool!!"]]> 2021-07-15 02:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650405139 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650405361 When I first came to this country and race was new word...till I realized that I had grown up with a lot of racism in India]]> 2021-07-15 02:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650405361 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650405364 Asking myself ?Why do all the people I live with have no hair?"]]> 2021-07-15 02:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650405364 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650405380 I played sports with Kare Youth League, a year-round sports league with Christian foundations. There was no religion at home, so this was my first exposure to the ideas of God, salvation, sin, etc. I had perfect attendance and got a children's bible as an award. I read it under the covers at night because I thought I was doing something bad. I thought it was interesting but I didn't want to be a "bible banger."]]> 2021-07-15 02:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650405380 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650405750 When I arrived to the U.S.]]> 2021-07-15 02:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650405750 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650406200 2021-07-15 02:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650406200 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650407675 When we would drive around, my mom would always comment on the homeless people around a store. She would tell me brother, "If you didn't want to end up like that, you better work harder in school."]]> 2021-07-15 02:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650407675 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650408227 My mother telling me not to get near the homeless man on the street saying " he is not our kind"]]> 2021-07-15 02:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650408227 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650408462 My parents always reminded us that "not working" was never an option. We had to work twice as hard as the next person to land at our desired destinations.]]> 2021-07-15 02:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650408462 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650409298 When I attended school and realized my clothes did not look like my peers.

]]> 2021-07-15 02:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650409298 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650410097 My father grew up very poor. He always instilled in us the value for money so while we didn't want for anything, we had to justify spending anything]]> 2021-07-15 02:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650410097 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650410147 Memorizing prayers from the tender age of 5.]]> 2021-07-15 02:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650410147 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650410828 The reason I had to go to school was to get a college degree so that I wasn't poor or unable to support myself. ]]> 2021-07-15 02:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650410828 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650411070 2021-07-15 02:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650411070 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650411426 At 8 years old, I overheard my dad tell my mom that a younger, less experienced person was promoted over him. He bitterly expressed his resentment at the unequal system.]]> 2021-07-15 02:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650411426 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650411495 Most of my friends growing up came from the same class as me (middle), except two - Trevor and Hector. Both of them lived "on the other side of the tracks" in Covina, which for me, at that time, meant north of San Bernardino Rd. Their living situation was much different from mine and I was surprised.

]]> 2021-07-15 02:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650411495 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650411705 When I had to attend church every Sunday at 5 AM with my parents - it was not an option.

]]> 2021-07-15 02:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650411705 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650412146 I'm from the Brahmin caste in India - the highest, but because of my dad, we were never brought up feeling superior. Until I was in high school and went to live with cousins who touted it with pride.. I was shocked and mortified.

]]> 2021-07-15 02:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650412146 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650412396 Realizing that I was the only Asian student in my classroom]]> 2021-07-15 02:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650412396 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650412960 I learned about religion since I was in my mom's belly, but the Indigenous cosmovision was also learn ]]> 2021-07-15 02:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650412960 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650414787 2021-07-15 02:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650414787 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650415191 Seeing my grandparents pray early on and going to Catholic school starting in Kindergarten.]]> 2021-07-15 02:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650415191 https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650418276 2021-07-15 02:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gnoguera/z4b8wrt19l6q504f/wish/1650418276