My mother downplayed her Indian Jewish heritage to fit in. As an adult, I’m learning to reclaim it.

I’m in 4th grade, and we’re doing a project in geography class right now. Each of us has a week to turn in a folder of research and photos on any country we want. “Exotic India” is a brochure about a trip to India that I get with my mom. People in saris and tigers are cut out and put on the blank pages of my folder. Proud of my work, I hand in my folder. I can’t wait to find out what my teacher thinks, and I can’t wait to show it off to my classmates.

After the next week, my teacher gives me back the project, and I can read her comments.

A lot of spelling mistakes and you didn’t explain why you chose this country or what made India interesting to you. Good job, Lishui.

Source: https://www.live-jweekly.alleydev.com/2020/09/02/my-mother-downplayed-her-indian-jewish-heritage-to-fit-in-as-an-adult-im-learning-to-reclaim-it/