"Asian Americans are the least likely group to feel strongly that they belong in the U.S. Asian Americans are also least likely to feel strongly that they are accepted in the U.S.
38% of Asian Americans completely agree that they belong, while only 18% completely agree that they are accepted in the U.S. for their racial identity."
"What does it feel like to speak your primary language in an accent from your secondary one? I would later find out."
In today's new Longreads essay, Montserrat Andrée Carty writes about growing up with different languages and cultures—and embracing different versions of herself.
Really great ideas for this year's contest about the importance of connectedness for teens and their communities. Can't wait to see - and share the games!
We're thrilled to have a wonderful group representing Asia, Europe, and North America as Finalists.
A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging by Lauren Markham
When and how did migration become a crime? Why does ancient Greece remain so important to the West’s idea of itself? How does nostalgia fuel the exclusion and demonization of migrants today?
In the US, #personalization and #belonging in #schools have a tense common border. How do we radically #individualize as we also ensure collaboration within a community? It's been a tension since the Founding vision that we be a nation in which individual liberty ensures collective success. How else to do it but to view each person's differences as strengths rather than disadvantages toward solutions to common problems? #education@edutooter@edutooter
A blog post by @grimalkina on the sense of #belonging, specifically in software teams.
"Belonging isn’t just about interpersonal #kindness and it isn’t just about individual optimal #functioning. Perhaps is about what we owe to each other.
And at work, we communicate heavily about what we expect from people because they are in a #role. What about what people expect for themselves, because of their role?"
#FoxNews is not in the #news nor in the #information businesses,
it chiefly sells a sense of #belonging through #Infotainment ("performative belief) in a seemingly increasingly hostile environment.