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Slow down and think about the lessons of the elders.

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We need to teach our children empathy and care and love and communication and social responsibility in preparation for adulthood.

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We can't afford to live in isolation, and we need to teach our kids that the things that they do not only matter to others far away but impact others who live far away, and there are ripples of effect.

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I'm half white, half Asian. I think of myself as hybrid. People usually think I'm Latina when they meet me. That's what made me learn Spanish.

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My father saw Islam as a way to connect with the community. He never went to prayer services except for big communal events. I am absolutely certain that my father did not go to services every Friday. He was not religious.

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We can do much to help our communities loosen their boundaries and begin to welcome a multitude of ways of being to make sure that individuals of mixed race, religion, or ethnicities don't feel the need to choose one or the other but see their layers as a gift, something that adds beauty.

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My mother was a courageous woman, and she had such tremendous love for life. She loved the natural world. She would wake us up in the middle of the night to go look at the moon. When I was a teenager, this was a source of great frustration because I wanted to sleep.

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Philosophically, I would say that I am Buddhist.

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Each of us has a right to name ourselves as we will.

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Being told that I looked like I belonged everywhere and to everyone helped me feel my fledgling pride in my own multiracialism.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: August 15th, 1970

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