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"But every time I got hurt, my mom would start screaming. Not for me, but at me. I couldn’t understand it. When my friends got hurt, their mothers scooped them up and told them it was going to be okay, or they went straight to the doctor. White people were always going to the doctor. But when I got hurt, my mom was livid, as if I had maliciously damaged her property.
Is this a universal immigrant experience? :(" — Feb 13, 2026 02:18PM
"But every time I got hurt, my mom would start screaming. Not for me, but at me. I couldn’t understand it. When my friends got hurt, their mothers scooped them up and told them it was going to be okay, or they went straight to the doctor. White people were always going to the doctor. But when I got hurt, my mom was livid, as if I had maliciously damaged her property.
Is this a universal immigrant experience? :(" — Feb 13, 2026 02:18PM
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"“I have always considered myself cleverer than any of the people surrounding me, and sometimes, would you believe it, have been positively ashamed of it.”" — Dec 30, 2025 08:26PM
"“I have always considered myself cleverer than any of the people surrounding me, and sometimes, would you believe it, have been positively ashamed of it.”" — Dec 30, 2025 08:26PM
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"I’m only 36 pages in and I already hate this book. Poor Haymitch 😭" — Jun 07, 2025 09:05PM
"I’m only 36 pages in and I already hate this book. Poor Haymitch 😭" — Jun 07, 2025 09:05PM
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