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    1. SAHI 💫‏ @karalahn 6 Aug 2019

      #BeingMicronesian is having educators in every level of academia be skeptical of my ethnicity and nationality bc I get good grades and "don't look Micronesian"

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    2. SAHI 💫‏ @karalahn 6 Aug 2019

      #BeingMicronesian is my middle school principal telling my mom TO HER FACE, that I can't possibly be "full Micronesian" bc I'm "smart" and "Micronesians don't get good grades" so "surely my dad must be Hawaiian" or from anywhere else but where he's from - POHNPEI,MICRONESIA

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    3. SAHI 💫‏ @karalahn 6 Aug 2019

      #BeingMicronesian is my proud Pohnpeian mother storming out of every meeting she's had with one of my teachers or counselors, in near tears, bc no matter how hard she made sure I was sheltered from stereotypes, my educators still refused to acknowledge my Micronesian-ness

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    4. SAHI 💫‏ @karalahn 6 Aug 2019

      #BeingMicronesian is growing up with these types of educators n beginning to see my community the way they did. I began labeling my own countrymen "the bad kine Micro" bc they're from a different state (yes we have STATES in Micronesia) than I am

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    5. SAHI 💫‏ @karalahn 6 Aug 2019

      #BeingMicronesian is constantly being told "you can't be Micronesian bc this ... you can't be Micronesian bc that" and then... starting to believe that I can't be Micronesian. It's ugly. It's dumb. It's poor. It's homeless

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    6. SAHI 💫‏ @karalahn 6 Aug 2019

      #BeingMicronesian is being taught how to hate myself, how to hate my community, and not even realizing I have that hate until my aunt wears her urohs or mwuhmwu in public n I feel shame. Or until my parents speak to me in Pohnpeian but I adamantly respond in English

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    7. SAHI 💫‏ @karalahn 6 Aug 2019

      #BeingMicronesian is having to unlearn the self hate and begin to heal and self love by learning my history, my language, my culture

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    8. SAHI 💫‏ @karalahn 6 Aug 2019

      #BeingMicronesian is realizing that my island home is beautiful bc of the stories woven into every living thing - therefore if Micronesia is beautiful then I am beautiful bc I am an extension of that beauty

      2 replies 19 retweets 71 likes
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    9. SAHI 💫‏ @karalahn 6 Aug 2019

      #BeingMicronesian is me...and my story is just one of many So if you've taken the time to read this lengthy woven thread, why not ask someone else about their story ? Maybe you'll learn something. Bc we all have different stories to tell

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    10. SAHI 💫‏ @karalahn 6 Aug 2019

      Lastly, #BeingMicronesian is me asking you to weave love into the hearts of the Micronesian children you come across bc they might already be hating themselves. Let them love being Micronesian. The only kine Micronesian that Micronesians can be 🇲🇵🇵🇼🇳🇷🇫🇲🇲🇭🇰🇮🇬🇺

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      Lani Mermaid‏ @Lani4Pasifika 8 Aug 2019
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      The most eloquent, BEAUTIFUL, thread about being Micronesian I have come across recently. Wow. I am proud of you. Thank you for baring your struggles, which is hard I know bc Micronesians are a proud people. You rock!

      5:24 AM - 8 Aug 2019
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        1. SAHI 💫‏ @karalahn 8 Aug 2019
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