What occurred to be a mere comparison led me to revisit my experience in Vietnam as one of the most memorable moments in my life. During my stay at Sa Pa, a ward within the Lào Cai province, I had an opportunity to communicate with members of local tribes from the Hmong and Giáy (Zai) ethnic groups, resolving my curiosity regarding Vietnamese rural culture. Dressed in handmade cotton shirts and hemp jackets dyed with indigo blue, both tribes were living a life of genuine sati

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“I didn’t see colour as a young boy and I honestly don’t see colour now,” Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, proudly proclaimed when he joined the presidential race in 2020 (Sullivan 2019). In his 2019 study, Boston University professor Rob Eschmann addresses such “colour-blindness” as racism that is hidden and masked by microaggressions and systematic barriers (Eschmann, 2019). Confronting modern racism in America, it seems, is rooted in revealing its varied forms through ant

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