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In Black, Latino, Asian and LGBTQ communities, the titles of aunt, auntie, titi or tía are often given to the women who connect us with our roots, serve as confidants or take on a motherly role for those who are grieving or have strained relationships with their own mothers. The labels are often signs of respect and affection, and are not always indicators of a biological connection.
For her, one of the most significant examples is her nonbiological auntie Winnie Mui, with whom she doesn’t share a language. Choe, who is Korean American and lived in New York City’s Chinatown for six years, would frequent Mui’s popular karaoke bar Winnie’s and often spoke to her auntie through a friend who’d play translator. Though the language barrier would at times prove challenging, Choe said, Mui still provides the comfort of a “stable shared space.
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