#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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#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,MICRONESIA1 reply 15 retweets 77 likesShow this thread -
#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-ness1 reply 7 retweets 69 likesShow this thread -
#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 am1 reply 10 retweets 56 likesShow this thread -
#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 homeless1 reply 11 retweets 63 likesShow this thread -
#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 English3 replies 8 retweets 64 likesShow this thread -
#BeingMicronesian is having to unlearn the self hate and begin to heal and self love by learning my history, my language, my culture1 reply 16 retweets 77 likesShow this thread -
#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 beauty2 replies 19 retweets 71 likesShow this thread -
#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 tell1 reply 5 retweets 63 likesShow this thread -
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#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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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!
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