When Alexis G. Tonasket Hoyt started learning their tribe's language, they felt they finally found what they'd been "pulled towards" their entire life. Tonasket Hoyt...
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Why Pacific Islander Representation in Media Matters
I’m Finally Embracing My Samoan Culture. Why Can’t the Media Do the Same? 34 Shares The author (right) performing a Samoan siva (dance) with her cousin. Growing up, I was often asked what my ethnicity was. In the majority of these instances, someone would ask because they thought that I looked "exotic" — which isn't the compliment that most people think it is. Whenever I replied that I am Samoan, I was met with a look of curiosity and the question, "What is that?" — which is a little hard to explain as a child. With a lack of Pacific Islander representation in media like TV shows or m...
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