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"I was the model minority. Now I know it doesn’t protect us, it traps us." Heartbreaking #InTheirOwnVoices piece from a Chinese-Canadian on workplace harassment, being gaslit about her pregnancy (to the point of hiding morning sickness) and speaking up. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/04/25/i-was-the-model-minority-but-now-i-have-to-speak-up.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=modelminority">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/c...
She writes about how — in an open office — her director would yell at her about small spelling mistakes. "While my white colleagues got documents with track-changes, I got targeted with open, verbal corrections in our open office." https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/04/25/i-was-the-model-minority-but-now-i-have-to-speak-up.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=modelminority">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/c...
"Things became worse when I announced I was pregnant." For the next weeks, almost daily, she& #39;d be questioned about why she had morning sickness to the point she& #39;d run to the basement to throw up so her superiors and colleages wouldn& #39;t hear. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/04/25/i-was-the-model-minority-but-now-i-have-to-speak-up.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=modelminority">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/c...
Also, she had to disclose her pregnancy earlier than she wanted because her superior didn& #39;t allow her to take a sick day off. "But didn’t want to disclose my pregnancy early, in case I had a miscarriage." https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/04/25/i-was-the-model-minority-but-now-i-have-to-speak-up.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=modelminority">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/c...
The whole process caused so much grief, she eventually quit. "I felt that I could no longer take the daily criticism and commentary that made me feel like this ethnic body was growing something abnormal and I was worth much less." https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/04/25/i-was-the-model-minority-but-now-i-have-to-speak-up.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=modelminority">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/c...
I was the ‘model minority,’ but now I have to speak up.
#InTheirOwnVoices https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/04/25/i-was-the-model-minority-but-now-i-have-to-speak-up.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=modelminority">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/c...
#InTheirOwnVoices https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/04/25/i-was-the-model-minority-but-now-i-have-to-speak-up.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=modelminority">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/c...
