Multilingual Education & Interfaith Dialogues Ft. Mariam Hassoun In Full Color podcast

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Last week’s episode featured Charlie Michael and Subha Xavier talking about the beginnings of their relationship as they navigated being an interracial couple. In part two, Charlie and Subha share their approaches to raising their multiracial sons and Taylor reflects on her own upbringing. The three discuss the importance of representation in the media, living in a bilingual and multicultural household, and how to talk about race with kids.…

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Interracial Marriage and Multicultural Family Life ft. Charlie & Subha (Part 1) 48:07

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Welcome to Season 2 of In Full Color! And the very first two-part episode! In part one. Taylor chats with Dr. Charlie Michael and Dr. Subha Xavier - two professors in the Atlanta area. They share their experiences as an interracial and multiethnic couple and embracing Subha’s Sri Lankan and Canadian heritage. Subha and Charlie discuss the importance of raising their family in diverse spaces, speaking multiple languages, and using films like Into the Spiderverse to enrich their sons' exposure to diverse representations of BIPOC.…

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Reflections from a Black Queer Educator ft. Megan Pendleton 52:23

5 years ago52:23

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Happy LGBT History Month and in a few weeks National Coming Out Day! In this week’s episode, Taylor speaks with Megan Pendleton - a Black queer educator and doctoral student from Baltimore, Maryland. Megan shares her coming out experience, how she’s found community in intersectional spaces, and her connection to spoken word & slam poetry. She also talks about how her involvement in higher education and why she is passionate about empowering queer & trans students of color.…

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Multilingual Education & Interfaith Dialogues ft. Mariam Hassoun 49:36

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Filipino American Identity and Prison Abolition ft. Erin Oquindo 53:40

5 years ago53:40

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In this week’s episode, Taylor catches up with Erin Oquindo - a mixed-race Filipino-American activist and abolitionist. Erin shares how they’ve embraced their heritage & culture and their connection to Filipino Liberation. They shed light on the perils of human caging and explain what it means to say “mass incarceration is mass elimination.” Erin emphasizes to listeners the tangible and actional steps towards abolishing the prison industrial complex and more broadly the criminal justice system.…

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Black Joy, Feminism and Reproductive Justice ft. Kelsey Brown 43:48

5 years ago43:48

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This week Taylor talks with a former classmate Kelsey Brown, a Black woman, reproductive justice advocate, and student at Vanderbilt University. Kelsey shares how she uses roller skating to create a space for rest and to celebrate the liberating power of Black joy. Also, Kelsey discusses how she got involved in intersectional reproductive justice and the importance of centering Blackness in feminist discourse.…

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On Being Biracial in Israel, the Arab World, and Beyond ft. Michael Samuel 52:46

5 years ago52:46

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In this week’s episode, Taylor interviews Michael Samuel, an attorney and Ph.D. Candidate in Islamic Civilizations. He describes his experiences growing up in Israel as a Mizrahi Jew, as well as being Biracial -- half-Indian and half-Kurdish. Michael expresses that his self-identification is separate from how he is perceived as Arab (“Brown with a beard”) and the politicization of his cultural heritage and religious identity in the Middle East as well as in the United States.…

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White Allyship and Why You Need to Vote ft. Allison, Blair, and Emily 55:00

5 years ago55:00

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In this week’s episode, Taylor chats with three of her close friends - Allison, Blair, and Emily. Throughout the episode, they talk about the strides they have taken to be anti-racist in their daily lives and how to be a better White ally for BIPOC communities - including reconnecting with their Jewish heritage and ties to intersectional feminism. They share how they have been checking their privilege, reconciling with their guilt, and calling out other White people. Together, they discuss how to use the collective activist energy in the wake of George Floyd’s death to fuel people to go to the polls in November 2020.…

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Growing Up Black & White ft. Cana McGhee 56:17

5 years ago56:17

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For the first episode of In Full Color, Taylor sits down with her sister Cana, a musicologist, environmentalist, and aspiring author. They both share their experiences growing up Biracial and reflect on how they navigate notions of White passing, privilege, and performing race. They also discuss the impact of Representative John Lewis’s death and how young people can keep the momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement going.…

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Trailer - Welcome to In Full Color! 2:09

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