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Filipinx and Latinx artists explore transcultural identity

For Sami Schilf, the Filipino philosophy of “Kapwa,” or “togetherness,” crosses borders. Her mural “Kapwa Rising,” which stands atop a Filipino-inspired taqueria in SOMA—which is aptly named Mestiza—would draw comments of familiarity from passersby. Zulus have the word “Ubuntu,” meaning “I am because we are.” Mayans have “In Lak’ech,” or  “I am you, and you […]