#368 TCKs
William Anders, Earthrise, 1968. Photo via NASA.
The seemingly simple question, “Where are you from?” is anything but simple for many #TCKs.
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In her 2014 #TEDTalk, Don’t ask where I’m from, ask where I’m a local, Taiye Selasi highlights elements of the TCK experience. She references the three Rs — #rituals, #relationships and #restrictions — as being (regardless of physical location) constants in daily life.
The sense of #difference #belonging #inbetweeness and #dislocation (key features of the #TCK life) is echoed in this #ElifShifak article, Strasbourg, Ankara, Madrid: none felt like home, but in books I discovered my people (January 2025).
The theme of #belonging is further illuminated by Naguib Mahfouz’s quote: ‘Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.’
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