Language Forms Identity: Fluent in Everything Except Yourself
Does the language you speak shape who you are, or does who you are decide which language you keep?
Many Western Born Chinese (WBC) were born into Chinese families but grew up in other languages, and for some, Chinese slipped away along the way.
We sit down with Thomas (MTK), who grew up between China and France and speaks Mandarin, French, and Wenzhounese as his native languages. Together we explore language as a tool, as part of who we are, or even who we cannot be.
Multilingual Chinese upbringing is not always pretty. We talk about the years we pushed our Chinese side away to fit in, and…
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