Discourse: The power of language and communication

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IF ONLY WE LIVED IN A WORLD WHERE MY SYLLABLES DID NOT OFFEND YOURS. HANSIKA JETHNANI, EDUCATIONS OFFICER, UAL ARTS SU.

if only we lived in a world where my syllables did not offend yours i traveled across the ocean only to be told my mother tongue is a problem and to have the language of a world that broke mine enforced upon me - the migrant who left his heart at home for wages in a foreign land

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