My Lunchbox Moment: VOX ATL Teen Learns To Embrace Her Culture

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January 2nd, 2019

“I learned to embrace my heritage instead of suppressing it by being more in touch with my community,” VOX ATL’s Aryana Gupta writes.

Courtesy of VOX ATL

By Aryana Gupta

I was 6 years old when I had my first existential crisis.

It was the terrifying moment when all the kids from my first grade class sat down in alphabetical order and opened our respective lunchboxes. I sat there frozen with fear, wondering if it would be worth the humiliation of opening my lunchbox, and if the fresh, familiar scent of my culture would bring questions or dirty looks.

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