Navigating dual identities and the spaces in between
Students explore the experience of living between cultures — the tension, beauty, and complexity of holding multiple identities at once. Through a short story about a Chinese-American teenager and a poem about being the child of immigrants, students examine code-switching, cultural expectations, and the invention of a self that honors all of who you are.
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