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What You Will Learn: Namita shares how others’ filters lead to comments from them on her lack of a “foreign” accent, which belies the occasional language differences that she sometimes encounters even today How people often have the expectation that Namita, an Asian woman, will be passive or quiet, and how they are surprised when she steps outside their expectations How Namita has experienced expectations around her ability with technology and computer programming entirely because she is Asian How the stereotypes Namita has experienced over her career have impacted her, even (and especially) when she doesn’t fit the stereotype How Namita also experiences these expectations from others in the Asian community, and how people often assume Namita is her kids’ nanny rather than their mom Namita offers her perspective on the increase in incidents of violence against Asain women, and why that race-based hate is frightening to Namita Why negative news headlines often reference the race of an individual when they are