In class, we were told to write letters to our future children (if we decided to have any), about colonization. In this letter, we talked about the many different things that colonization does to people. Many people wrote about the injustices of it. In my piece, I wrote to my future children about the power in their names.
Josiah and Maxene, There have been many times when your middle names have been mispronounced. I want you to know that these are strong names. Eucito and Bugayong are names given to your great grandpa and great great grandma. This is a legacy that I want you to know, understand, and cherish. Our line of ancestors is strong and, so are you two. Don't be fooled by your history books. We are more than a colonized people. The paragraphs in your text books may be small but, the impact of colonization is huge. You may not be familiar with this word but, you have seen her fruit time and time again. Her fruit is the insult of the word "fob" when you call one another 'kuya' or 'ading'. Her fruit is the multitude of white faces on the screens you watch. Her fruit is our family's warning of the sun changing the tone of your skin. Do not eat this fruit. As beautiful and attractive this lie may be- do not eat this fruit. Take pride in your names, my loves. Love, Mama
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Whats crackin' My name is Justin Buenaventura; Born in San Francisco, raised in Daly City. I'm honestly a pretty quiet person at heart, but I guess what this auto-biography is for. If you don't already know me, I like to dance, choreography and battling is pretty much my life. Food is great too, my usual at In and Out is a four by four with grilled onions, animal fries, and lastly a neopolitan shake; I eat a lot and I definitely eat everything that's editable. Since were speaking upon food and breverages, I work at Starbucks in Westlake, Trenta Iced Black Tea with strawberry juice, with a Double Smoked Bacon sandwich is my ish, its pretty lit. My life is basically food and dance, the two loves of my life. Yee, later gators. d^_^b
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My name is Iridián Martínez. I identify as Xicanx, queer, non-binary, and awesome. My parents migrated from México, so I am a first generation student. I am transferring as a Sociology major, Fall 2017. I aspire to organize with the comm(unity), specifically for anti-capitalism movements. My heart resonates with the people, so I spend most of my free time studying solutions for intersectional oppression. If you would ever like to organize anything on campus, please hit me up! (: Generational Trauma is a substantial event, behavior, or interactions that is subconsciously or consciously sustained through generations. I believe an example of this is conformity of oppressive behaviors toward womyn, by womyn in the Latinx community. Many womyn tend to accept toxic co-dependency due to the generational behavior carried from the origins of colonialism and the patriartical perspective colonizers imposed on the indigenous people of the (now) Mexican land. It is beyond crucial for people to learn about this, because once you understand the origins of an issue and that the issue even exists, the next step would be to dismantle the psychology that upholds the oppressive structure. What's up guys! My name is Earlson, or I also go by EJ. I'm just another Filipino kid from Daly City. I went to El Camino High School and graduated in 2014. It’s my third year at Skyline, and I'll be transferring to a university next Fall to major in Computer Engineering. On my free time, I like to hang out with my homies, produce music or make beats, and play the violin. I also do a little bit of photography and videography for fun.
The term Generational Trauma seems like there is a lot of weight to it, similar to the burden Filipinos have to endure with topics like identity and culture. My definition of Generational Trauma would be psychological wounds that are unaddressed and are passed on from generation to generation, causing mental instabilities like depression and a poor sense of identity. I believe it's important for people to learn what Generational Trauma is because it can explain a lot about someone, their family, their ancestors, their culture, and their identity and how their past affects them now. My name is Drew. I'm a biracial black and filipino woman just trying to figure out life. As a woman of color, I have become very much so aware of the injustices in the world. There are multiple places where injustice festers, and I believe that the classroom should not be one. As a result, I have decided to become someone who works with elementary students. I currently work as an after school teacher at a school in Bernal Heights. I am graduating at the end of the semester with an AA in Social and Behavioral Sciences, and will continue to SF State to achieve my BA in Early Childhood Education. It only takes one person to cause a chain reaction and I find it important that we make a positive impression in the youth! "Kids are not just 'the future', they are our 'today'"
Now that you know who I am, let's talk about a recipe. I would like you to imagine a hot, steamy, soup over the stove. For some flavor, let's add a list of things: death, famine, and poverty. It doesn't taste quite right at this point. Let's add some racism, classism, and sexism to the mix. It taste almost complete! Lastly, let's add years and years and a few more years of unaddressed issues. MMM! Smells like some great generational trauma! This sour and unpleasant soup is something many people experience today. Many people may not even know why they experience it and it is important to know that it affects us so we can learn to change it. The reason why it continues is because people are not aware of it. This is one of the many wrong things that affect people of color today. Whats up, its Dante with the Tselogz crew. I love long walks on the beach and hate mean people, lol jk. But on a more serious note I am Dante, I am shaped by what life has thrown at me to make me who I am today. That ranges to my hobbies; bowling, cars, art, music, etc. The next thing that made me, me is Daly City. A city filled with pinox yet robbed of my culture. I will elaborate on it. Lastly I grew appreciation of Polynesian which also shaped me and my personality due to my participation in the culture by performing Tahitian. Generational trauma is a underrated haunting word. It is trauma that is started in a early generation, build up of stress and bad habits that get passed on for generations until it is addressed widely and resolved. But for many races it is just a whispered thought hidden from the public to avoid ridicule to most. until that one brave voice can spark a movement. The picture below mostly resembles my idea of generational trauma except the guy inside of the cell is a ghost of our ancestors. A popular example is Parents not wanting to teach there kids the native language because "you will be made fun of and no one rich will marry you". It is important to have people learn about generational trauma because we as a race must be able to stop fighting over small things and talk as mature adults then to end up in with a bloody outcome. We must be able to learn from our mistakes and have proper ideas of each other as a race. To be able to learn and adapt so we don't have to change who we are to find our better self's. I remember being told one thing America is missing is tradition that every where else follows. But we allow generational trauma to continue and grow to allow us to be oppressed unknowingly as a race. |
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