Episode 8: Voices of Lament with Kathy Khang and Grace Cho

Someday is Here

In 2020, in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, 29 women of color worked together to bring words to the lament that was felt across the world. As they reflected on Psalm 37, these women wrote on topics of justice, anger, generosity, and peace, and showed the world the beauty and strength that comes from community. Join us this week as contributing authors Vivian Mabuni, Kathy Khang, and Grace Cho share their experience in writing Voices of Lament and how hope and healing can be found through grief.

Show Notes:

Voices of Lament: Reflections on Brokenness and Hope in a World Longing for Justice

Connect with Vivian:

Instagram: @somedayisherepodcast and @vivmabuni

Website: https://www.vivianmabuni.com/

Connect with Kathy Khang:

Instagram: @mskathykhang

Twitter: @mskathyKhang

Connect with Grace Cho:

Instagram: @gracepcho

Twitter: @gracepcho

Website: www.gracepcho.com

Did You Know Segment:

Scout Bassett is an elite sprinter, triathlete, Paralympian and UCLA graduate?

Who is she? Scout became the fastest American of her classification ever to run the 100-meter dash for the US. (1) And, she teamed with American Girl to have a doll created after her. (2)

Scout lost her leg in a chemical fire as a baby in China. As a seven-year old, she was adopted from a Chinese orphanage by an American family. (3) She grew up in a predominantly white town in Michigan and had no friends or role models who looked like her or had a disability like hers. (4)

However, her most painful life experience occurred during the pandemic when Scout faced overt racism at a local grocery store. (5) She used that event to not only fuel her athletic goals but also to become a voice and role model for other Asian Americans.

In her words, “Representation really does matter,… (w)e cannot aspire to the things that we want to be or that we don’t even know we might want to until we see someone else doing it.” (6)

SOURCES

1. Brooke Baldwin, Huddle, How Women Unlock Their Collective Power (Harper Collins, 2021), 121.
2. Ibid, 122.
3. Ibid, 121.

4-6) Sara Tan, “Full Speed Ahead, How Paralympian Scout Bassett Uses Her Sport to Find Strength in the Face of Xenophobia, June 11,2020, https://www.allure.com/story/scout-bassett-paralympics-runner-asian-american-xenophobia-interview

https://www.challengedathletes.org/athletes/scout-bassett-2/