{"id":308294,"date":"2024-05-22T14:07:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T18:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/?p=308294"},"modified":"2024-05-22T14:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T18:07:41","slug":"reconsidering-the-other-asian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/racialreconciliation\/reconsidering-the-other-asian\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconsidering the \u201cOther\u201d Asian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Chanta Bhan and Melina Dezhbod<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/3-Asian.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-308295\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/3-Asian.jpg 867w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/3-Asian-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/3-Asian-768x793.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/3-Asian-480x496.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Rev. Canon Chanta Bhan (left) and the Rev. Melina Dezhbod.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Melina and I met when we were at Virginia Theological Seminary. Melina was entering her Middler Year and I was completing an Anglican Year in preparation for ordination to the priesthood. In some ways, Melina felt more like family to me. I liked to think of her as my little sister. In many Asian cultures, fictive kinship, unrelated familial bond, connects people of similar cultures even if they are not blood relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was simultaneously delighted and relieved to meet another Episcopal seminarian who shared a complex identity. As we have discussed how we choose to hide or reveal personal identity, I am grateful for another person who understands. I identify as Pakistani-American. For several years, after 9\/11, I was afraid and embarrassed to define who I am because Pakistan was never associated with anything positive, and I always felt like an outlier. When Melina and I discussed co-writing this article, I asked Melina how she identified and she articulated, \u201cAs a Middle Eastern priest, I have been navigating my identity, and I am grateful to be welcomed into the Asian-American caucuses as a Middle Eastern American who is from West Asia, and I am not sure that my voice is needed, and I am not sure that it is my place to take up space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We challenged each other on this idea of \u201ctaking up space\u201d in May because Melina is Iranian American and I am Pakistani American and our countries of origin are associated with \u201cterrorism\u201d and \u201cnuclear arms.\u201d Often, \u201cAsian\u201d is defined as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and other more dominant ethnicities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, perhaps, it is important for us to own who we are and define what space we occupy as priests because we can be an encouragement to others who have also internalized invisibility. 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