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Scenario

Why elder trauma affects family language preservation

My grandmother refuses to speak our native language anymore because she says it only brought her trouble in America.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Historical oppression creates protective silence that inadvertently cuts off cultural transmission to future generations.

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Juana
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Peri

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