Identifying with Asian-ness: Interracial Adoption, Identity & Racism

Episode 3 of the Breaking Dishes podcast, hosted by Lis Malone, titled "Identifying with Asian-ness: Interracial Adoption, Identity & Racism" was published on July 15, 2021 and runs 48 minutes.

July 15, 2021 ·48m · Breaking Dishes

Summary

Lis Malone debuts her new full season of "Breaking Dishes" with the deeply personal subject of finding your identity as an interracial adoptee, and addressing the anti-Asian racismO in America. Joined by fellow Southoo Korean adoptee and journalist, Théoden Janes (Pop-Culture Writer for The Charlotte Observer, who recently penned an Op-Ed in which he addressed his own deep-rooted feelings about being Asian-American during a time of anti-Asian attacks and rhetoric) the two share personal experiences and perspectives of what it's like to exist in two different worlds simultaneously when it comes to race, while also feeling like they're not truly a part of either.  Lis recounts high profile instances of overt racism which includes music, television, social media, sports. retail and politics to demonstrate the pervasiveness of racism and where some of these offenders lay blame.

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