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Scenario

How to respond when neighbors question your belonging

My neighbor always compliments me on how articulate I am and asks where I am really from even though I was born here and I smile because I have to live next to her.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Geographic proximity forces the maintenance of false harmony in the face of repeated othering.

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Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Microaggressions and the slow exclusion?”

Peri

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