I may be brash at times but I'm not going to lie about who I am or stray from issues most important to me. I'm an Earth protector - above all other things. I love nature very much & fight to protect wild nature.
Part of this passion stemmed from going to see my matriarch village, where Mom lived/grew up. Our jungles were decimated. Soil was toxified. Due to US logging & #Canadian mining AFTER my ppls were devastated by war & #AgentOrange #bioWarfare
My family suffers TO THIS DAY.
I need people who interact with me to understand this AND our diaspora from being pretty much exiled for refusing to tow mainland China assimilation BS.
I will never be assimilated.
I will always be a proud Teochew woman.
We are still here. Despite imperialism trying to wipe our Gaginang out. We are STILL HERE. Our current culture/language is under threat of extinction. Due to diaspora & ppl not understanding if we lose our language; we give up on our ppls too. Language is 50% of culture.