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The world is more disconnected than ever. Unwarranted biases aimed at people's race and culture are hurting everything from people's feelings to corporate profits. Here at Mixed Bowl, I connect with my communities to bring awareness to these issues. By simply sharing an experience that is universally enjoyable, eating ice cream, I am able to hear the stories about race and culture that have previously been untold. The idea is simple, I ask someone to sit down and have a conversation with me ...
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Episode #10: Lorenzo Ponce & Ricci Zaragoza
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"I'm from Hong Kong, but, you see, I'm not exactly originated from China, I'm more of a third culture kid. That's what they're called these days. Basically, they're people whose parents come from a different country who migrate to another different country, and then they are born there... Not being able to fit in is not exactly a bad thing, because…
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"The capacity to listen... this is something that you might take for granted, but most people don't know how to listen. More often than not you talk to somebody and you realize that in the meantime, this person is thinking of the next argument they are going to bring across... without having listened to what you have to say. So more often than not …
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On Syrian Refugee Crisis: "I think it is also a huge problem and I think that we as a country should help, but not in the way that we are helping now. Because in Portugal they are offering houses, jobs, and everything to these families and we have families in Portugal that also need this kind of help but don't get it. I don't know what is the best …
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“I’m from Porto, Portugal… in my master’s program we received an exchange student from Namibia. All of the classes beforehand were in Portuguese, but because of her they were given in English, so everyone could understand and so she could adapt.”By Mixed Bowl
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What are your first thoughts when someone says, "What are you Meghan?" "I would say, 'What are you?!'... I'm a very sarcastic person so I would probably be like, 'A human being... a person.' Then I would be like, 'Just kidding, I'm black and white!'"By Mixed Bowl
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"I'm not sure if you're familiar with the singer Azealia Banks, but she came out with this song, and I believe I was in 10th grade going to 11th grade, and it's called Liquorice. And it was the first time I ever saw a dark-skinned, brown-skinned, female artist, talk about her skin color and love it and embrace it. She associates her skin color with…
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"My parents both worked so we had a nanny that lived with us. So I kind of grew up with three parents... A lot of white people were never conscious of race, but I've been conscious of race. My friends all thought my mom was black basically, because she was just around so much, she was the one who would take me to school, pick me up. I think that de…
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"Self-segregation. That's my favorite concept that I learned in college that has just a lot of meaning to me. We're not being forced into these different groups... it's more like the structure of USC makes you feel as if you have to fit into one place and only one place."By Mixed Bowl
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"My roommate is black and he's my best friend now... from Nigeria and Atlanta. He opened my eyes to how little of a thing race should be. He and I will talk about it sometimes, how we both find it really stupid what race determines people."By Mixed Bowl
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"I’m in a frat and one of the things I notice is that gangs and frats are very similar. And the reason being is that both are territorial. They believe in brotherhood. They have a certain set of initiations. But the difference is that gang members have guns and frat boys don’t. Frat boys will fight you and call you a pussy if you don’t fight back, …
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