In the season's last episode, I welcome Dr. Erica Preston-Roedder, philosophy professor at Occidental College. Dr. Preston-Roedder specializes in applied ethics and the philosophy of race/gender, public philosophy, and philosophy of psychology. But on today's episode she brings her current research to the table: multiracial identity formation and family dynamics. In addition to the theory and philosophy, Dr. Preston-Roedder can also pull from her experience as a parent in a multiracial household. We discuss the evolution of multiracial identity, what it means to be a white parent to multiracial black children, and the future for families like hers. Check out more about Dr. Erica Preston-Roedder in link below: https://www.oxy.edu/academics/faculty/erica-preston-roedder Question? Comment? Message @in.betweenproject on instagram
I met Lena my first year of college. At the time, I was making a documentary interviewing Syrian refugees who were living in my hometown Miami. She understood the Arabic from Syria and offered to be my translator. Lena and her family left their home in Syria when she was 13, just as political tensions began to arise. On this episode, she shares her story. We discuss the pain of leaving home behind, hiding parts of who one is to survive, encountering Islamophobia in institutions, and finding joy and connection through reclaiming language and family reunion. @in-between.project on instagram noacanyon@gmail.com
In this episode, Dr. Malek Moazzam-Doulat, professor of critical theory at Occidental College, shares his experience as an Iranian-American, who doesn't feel at home in the world. Moazzam-Doulat embraces not ascribing to any given identity, but is also cognizant of how the outside world reacts to him given different contexts. In our conversation, we discuss current identity politics, the purity politics and nativism found on both sides of the political spectrum, and the rise of ethnonationalism on the far-right. Dr. Moazzam-Doulat also offers the nuanced perspective that everyone just wants to go home at the end of the day, in a world that is constantly changing and unfamiliar. This conversation was recorded on January 4th, 2021, four months before it's release. Learn more about Dr. Malek Moazzam-Doulat: https://www.oxy.edu/academics/faculty/malek-moazzam-doulat
Zora Illunga Reed, a philosophy and literature major at Stanford University, shares her experience with a biracial identity and how she perceives her race compared to how the outside world might categorize her. In this episode, we talk about not feeling aligned to your race on the inside, the confusion but also privilege with racial ambiguity, and how to change the world through a non-binary racial perspective. Connect with Zora on instagram @zilungareed Artist Website: https://www.zilungareed.com Reach out to us @in.betweenproject on Instagram or to Noa directly noacanyon@gmail.com
Today's guest is Dr. Mariana Ortega, philosopher and professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Penn State University. We talk about the loneliness of being an "in-betweener", how to cope in a foreign world and a new language, and how to find joy again through a renewed sense of home and self. Other topics include: today's new vocabulary surrounding "Latinx", how much better the fruit is in the homeland, and using books as a way to escape reality. Dr. Ortega is the author of In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self. Learn more about her at https://philosophy.la.psu.edu/people/mariana-ortega Contact us: @inbetween.project on Instagram noacanyon@gmail.com