Episode 5: Where are you really from?
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We created this podcast under our shared identities as adults new to adulthood but one identity we haven’t addressed yet is our Asian American roots. As Asian American hosts, we recognized that we couldn’t talk about all parts of adulthood without sharing about our Asian identity because of its strong influence in our lives and experiences. In this episode, we talk about how our ethnicity has played a role in our adulthood experience and how we hope to keep in touch with our culture and pass it on to future generations. We also hope that after listening to this episode, people will finally stop asking us, and other POCs, the unwarranted question of “where are you really from”.
We want to note that while there are many issues commonly touched on about Asians and the Asian American identity such as the model minority myth, the fetishization of Asian culture, and Asians in media and pop culture, we intentionally decided not to cover them in this episode as there are many other incredible resources that do cover these issues more in depth. Like the ones listed below!
IG Accounts:
@overachievermagazine
@capeusa
@huffpostasianvoices
Podcasts:
Bamboo & Glass
Asian Girl in a Western World
Asian Enough
Asian Girl Movement
Rock The Boat
Dear Asian Americans
"I feel like my time in college was probably the most nourishing for my ability to kind of navigate my identity as an Asian American just because I haven't experienced or learned so much about my culture being from home. I haven't, like, talked to my parents about their experience necessarily…
Some anxiety inducing thought I've had since my experience at living [at] home is like, how am I going to pass on my culture, my pride of being an Asian American woman on to my children or even like future generations?"
- Brittanee
