I grew up with a keen understanding of the invisible barriers my immigrant parents faced and the ways in which my family stuck out. As the oldest kid in our family, born just a year after my parents arrived in the U.S. from Taiwan, I was their translator and interpreter from a young age. In public, we learned to brush off the not-infrequent racist sounds shouted after us and people pulling at their eyes.
I’m an Asian American woman, a mom of two young kids, and an elected official. Growing up, I wouldn’t have believed that combination to be possible. And I certainly couldn’t have imagined that it would be my journey — from introverted daughter of immigrants to caregiver for a mom living with mental illness and candidate for mayor of Boston.
When they let me see her in the emergency room, she was already in a hospital gown and had been forcibly sedated. A staff member handed me a plastic bag containing her belongings: clothes they had cut off her body with scissors. Mom later told me, in Mandarin, that she hadn’t wanted to undress in front of a male attendant. In the very place where she was supposed to get help, no one was even trying to understand her.
wutrain Thanks for sharing...from one Bostonian to another...the truth is always the best teacher. Best of luck to u in your public endeavors..thank u for your service.
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