About Linda Lin
In a 2021 interview, Linda Lin, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Siriuspoint, discussed the experiences of people of color in Canada. She said that individuals may feel they do not belong anywhere and may deal with internalized racism or pressure to assimilate. Lin described a sense of disconnection from both parents at home and people in their environment, where they may not feel acknowledged.
Lin also spoke about the challenges faced by children of immigrant parents, including intergenerational trauma and the burden of survivor skills passed down from parents who sacrificed to provide a better life. She noted that these children may experience intersectionalities of identity that leave them feeling lost and confused, and they may question whether they are represented in their spaces and communities.
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People of color in Canada might be experiencing feeling like they don't belong anywhere. I definitely went through that in my life. They might be dealing with internalized racism or feeling like they have to assimilate in their environment, and they don't feel connected with their parents at home and they also don't feel connected with the people here because maybe they don't feel acknowledged in their space. And it becomes like they're fighting to be seen, to be heard, to be acknowledged, and it's really hard to get that anywhere right? So yeah, it's really, really difficult to find a community for them. I think for people who come from families who may have parents who are immigrants and who came overseas, oh there's so much there. They might be dealing with their parents' distress and their trauma, intergenerational trauma. They might be dealing with survivor skills in that way, like their parents giving them a more fortunate life so you can be in this space today. And they're constantly telling you that the children may be experiencing intersectionalities of their identity that they feel kind of lost in and confused about, and they're wondering, 'Hey, am I being represented in my spaces, in my communities?' And they're kind of looking out for that or hyper aware of that.
