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When Nathalie Pham was growing up, her parents were “pretty silent” about the realities of anti-Asian racism despite its undeniable presence in their lives. Her father faced so much harassment over his Vietnamese name ‘Dung’ at work that he wanted to change it. Still, she recalls that the reigning code was “just to kind of keep your head down, with a heavy emphasis on assimilation.”
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During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, TODAY is sharing the community’s history, pain, joy and what’s next for the AAPI movement. We will be publishing personal essays, stories, videos and specials throughout the entire month of May.
When I saw the photos of the six Asian American women who died in the Atlanta spa shootings in May, I saw my mother, my grandmother and my godmother. The victims may have come from different places from my family and lived their own unique immigration stories, but poring over interviews and GoFundMes, I imagined their excitement amid loss when trying to build a life in a new country, and their dedication to their children felt deeply familiar.
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