#Multicultural Living

Season 5: Episode 2 Title: #Multicultural Living Summary:  In this episode, UAlbany students Sophia Smith and Bianca Zazzarini-Leon discuss what it was like to grow up in a multicultural household. Sophia and Bianca delve into how their identities have evolved and what hardships come with negotiating identity. Both students discuss how violent being multicultural in the U.S can be, centering stories of racism and prejudice. However, they also highlight the benefits of having a multicultural background, that privilege bilingualism and multiple perspectives. These stories of resilience remind us of how proud of our own cultures we should be.   Warning Explicit Language Time Stamps: 0:00- Introduction 0:31 – Find out about Sophia’s heritages! 1:40 –Ancestry and me 2:34 -Gloria, Gloria!    4:36- Sophia’s family and their cultures 6:11-Bianca’s heritages! 7:47- We all love potatoes! 9:05- A plate of sancocho and pastelitos will always wait for you! 9:52-What culture does Sophia identify with? 14:15–Argentine and Dominican fusion 16:11- Dialects are hard 16:31-Latin America does not equate to Spanish 17:13-Don’t impose identities on others. 17:26-Sophia’s identities 21:44 -Bianca’s identities  25:38- A perspective on Belize’s reality  29:41- A perspective on the Dominican Republic’s reality 35:35- Sophia and Bianca’s future household 41:05-  Bye, thanks for listening!   Contributors: Sophia Smith (StoryTeller/Host), Bianca Zazzarini-León (StoryTeller/Marketing) Ryan Pare (Host, Editor), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 5, Episode 2 [podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer. Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio. Email Carmen Serrano: [email protected]  Interested in supporting future podcast programming? Please donate to LLC and specify “UAlbany Student Stories.” Click on the following link: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1642/18-giving/form.aspx?sid=1642&gid=2&pgid=399&cid=1042&bledit=1&dids=156.157.158.159.160.241.177.178&sort= Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ualbanypodcastteam/messag