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Moving on

Race, neighbours and starting a new life at 40 - Mary tells Namulanta why she moved her Asian-American family to the other side of the country after receiving a menacing message.

Mary receives a menacing message and decides to leave her home.

Mary has lived in Florida ever since her university days. It鈥檚 where she fell in love, met her Taiwanese husband, and had two children. With hopes of her children growing up and going to college in Florida, Mary thinks she鈥檒l live there for the rest of her life.

But that all changes when, at 40 years old, Mary receives a menacing message that makes her move her Asian-American family 2,000 miles across the country. Race, neighbours and starting a new life at 40 鈥 what happens when you no longer feel welcome in your home town?

Letter writer: Mary

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