Pierre juga akrab dengan anggota keluarga Pak Nas lain yang tinggal di rumah Pak Nas di Jl. Ade sering meminta dibelikan permen dan cokelat yang diinginkannya kepada Pierre.
Hal ini membuatnya cukup dekat dengan anak-anak Pak Nas, terutama Ade Irma Suryani Nasution. 🇮🇩 Usia Pierre merupakan yang termuda di antara keempat ajudan Menko Hankam/Kasab yang lain. #HalfIrishHalfIndianHeckYeah Photo cred: Betty O’Connor, 1974 - on Instagram Now go VOTE to honor our Ancestors and secure the future they fought for!! Dad you would be so proud! 💜💜 (Dad loved their most famous son 😉) And it turns out I’ve not forgotten the roots he planted in me, and that my mother continued to foster when he no longer could in person. He certainly gave me my wicked sense of humor and ability to make faces that send children running 😂Īnd today, on the 32nd anniversary of the day he left this world(?!), I know without a doubt how over the moon he is with Kamala representing the communities he championed: women, Indians, Black, Brown, and Jamaican. He gave me my penchant for drama and a heart that has room for everyone, even when it doesn’t. Vijay gave me my half-Indian blood and the rich culture and food and family history that goes with it. Our early 1970s world was completely normal to me. This photo sums up my childhood for me: This is my mixed-race family who loved me and taught me what it means to be compassionate AND empathetic to accept all people equally “until they show you who they are” and to stand up for what you believe in-always. 2017 knocked that convenient, privileged blinder right off.
I also forgot along the way (see: privilege) that I’m not actually white as far as this country is concerned. After he died, and memories fade, I’d forgotten about the indignities thrown his way (accent- so must not be smart, smells funny, etc)- and so many I never saw. Even as a fan of hers from the beginning, I hadn’t understood how important that part would be to me personally- yet.Īs I have almost always been assumed white, and treated as such with all the privilege that entails, you can see my dad was not. But there was something else I couldn’t quite place-until I started reading the reactions of thousands of women like me: Children of a South Asian parent, mixed race, and finally represented. I was all in since last year for her, so yes I was thrilled and relieved and just plain hopeful for the first time in a long time. I’ve been feeling some kind of way since Kamala became the VP choice.
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