#my father's family only moved here bc of the war. my mother's literally from overseas territories of imperial states | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

datastate · 3 days ago

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does anyone else feel mildly insane knowing that their existence is only available because of the colonization & violence enacted on your people. that it literally wouldn't be possible for you to exist as you are without imperialism. it's like i'm permanently detached from my own ethnicity or somehow a traitor to it simply by existing

#which means nothing #jestersvaguely #negative #of course there's nothing to be done about it. but it's still... i don't know #my surname wouldn't exist without spain's influence. my given name is japanese in origin.#my father's family only moved here bc of the war. my mother's literally from overseas territories of imperial states #i will literally never be comfortable in places that put emphasis on nationality because of this. even if i'm w family in the philippines #it just fucks me up mannn

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