S02E05 | Understanding our own Identity through Personal Stories /w Theo Klimstra : Part-1 Language and Ethnicity

Info Under The Radar

Welcome to the first episode of our three part series on Understanding Personal Identity. This is a special one for us since we are talking about a topic that everyone has thought about at some point but more often than not we are left with more questions that we initially started with.

Figuring out one’s identity is a life long process and it’s an ever evolving process. We tried to cover some really important aspects of it in this series. Prof. Theo Klimstra who is an expert in the field of personal identity joined us and helped us dive deep into various aspects of identity.

This entire series will have a lot of clips from people sharing their personal opinion and stories, so it was new format for us and we would happy to receive your comments on how did you receive it.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(06:52) Why did Theo choose to pursue a career in the field of Personal Identity?

(13:06) Clip: A rather strange association with a language that was never learned

(26:50) Does one see the world differently when speak more than one languages?

(29:50) Clip: An incidence that made a Black/Mixed personal realize more of their racial identity

(36:00) Interesting study about a massive 93% of Black girls associating their identity with their hairs

(48:40) Personal space and Culture

(51:30) Clip: Do children understand Racial differences/identity?

(57:45) Thought experiment: If a child were to be raised in Religion, Race agnostic way, would it be better?

(60:25) If one didn’t actively choose religion/language as part of their identity but was rather endowed upon them, would it still be considered their identity?
Reach out to Prof. Klimstra on his Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theo-klimstra-6141a3b/
You can find more about Prof. Klimstra and his work here: https://as.tufts.edu/epcshd/people/faculty/theo-klimstra

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