Episode 23
What does it mean to identify as mixed-race Asian-American whom many people read as White? Listen to Wendi share what it’s like when her self-identification is not shared by people around her, and her reflections on the structural nature of racist beliefs.
Recommended sources:
Myeunonym, “Be careful what you white-wash,” June 18, 2015. [an open letter to the director of the movie Aloha which Wendi wrote in response to the uproar criticizing the casting of Emma Stone as the Asian-American protagonist]
Maria P. Root, “The multiracial experience: racial borders as the new frontier,” SAGE Publications, 1996. [to check out chapter 1 which discusses about identity through race vs ethnicity for the multiracial community]
