EPISODE · Nov 14, 2022 · 29 MIN
Brown Enough with Christopher Rivas
from Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel · host LinkedIn
Actor and author Christopher Rivas has written a lyrical, literary, and emotional new memoir: Brown Enough: True Stories About Love, Violence, the Student Loan Crisis, Hollywood, Race, Familia, and Making It in America. He joins Jessi to talk about the complexity of identity, our cultural obsession with “fairness,” and what it’s like to navigate this world in a brown body. Follow Christopher Rivas on LinkedIn and check out his memoir, podcast, and acting. Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn and order her debut memoir. Join the Hello Monday community: Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter, and join us on the LinkedIn News page each week for Hello Monday Office Hours, Wednesdays at 3p ET.
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Actor and author Christopher Rivas has written a lyrical, literary, and emotional new memoir: Brown Enough: True Stories About Love, Violence, the Student Loan Crisis, Hollywood, Race, Familia, and Making It in America. He joins Jessi to talk about the complexity of identity, our cultural obsession with “fairness,” and what it’s like to navigate this world in a brown body. Follow Christopher Rivas on LinkedIn and check out his memoir, podcast, and acting. Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn and order her debut memoir. Join the Hello Monday community: Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter, and join us on the LinkedIn News page each week for Hello Monday Office Hours, Wednesdays at 3p ET.
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