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When language loss creates barriers with family

My grandmother speaks to me in Tagalog and I respond in English because I understand everything but cannot form the words, and I see the sadness in her eyes every time.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Colonial disruption of language transmission creates painful gaps between generations who love each other but struggle to connect.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Postcolonial identity and decolonization?”

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