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When cultural practices become neighborhood disputes

My neighbor reported us for cooking smells and now my mom won't make the foods I grew up with and I'm watching my childhood disappear.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Home becomes hostile territory when cultural expression is policed through complaints that disguise racism as community standards.

Ideas that help explain it
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