During May’s AAPI Heritage Month, I wonder what it might take for America to offer enough multilingual services and employees so that no one will feel left out simply for not speaking English. What might a more language-inclusive U.S. even look like? How do we begin to preserve the language heritage of this nation and tap into the wealth of cultural ancestries from around the world?
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If you have a cat, a dog, a child, or an adopted family member, you know that adding diversity to your family can be difficult — but also very rewarding. Choosing to coexist with difference can add dimensionality to our families and increase our compassion, love, empathy, and hospitality toward those who are unlike us. Though not quite a family, corporate teams can benefit just as much from being hospitable and inclusive of diverse lived experiences.
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I have always been attracted to the “foreign.” For me, foreign has stood for: courage, hybridity, new perspectives and connection with another part of the world. If you are foreign, however you may define it, I appreciate that you dared to try something new, that you can see things from a different perspective, and that you will accentuate the particularities of my world seen from fresh eyes. I celebrate you, because you are my bridge to another universe filled with learnings that can expand my horizons. I value foreign in my life so that I can see myself and my context more clearly through the context of difference.
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