MixdGen
13 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsEmmy-nominated writer/performer Kimberly Ming, explores conversations about mixed-race identity and multiculturalism with the mission to bridge cultural gaps and advance our worldwide community.
Ming grew up in Colorado as an 'only' being a Chinese and Puerto Rican woman. She forges relationships across color and cultural lines with the mission to bridge cultural gaps and create a space for belonging.
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Episodes
A White Man's Journey Towards Anti-Racism
December 20, 2020 02:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBBen Weeda is the founder of Balenceo (www.bebalanceo.com) and also a white man who has had extensive experience in the Denver Metro Area Nonprofit and entrepreneurial space. In this episode Ben shares his journey of understanding whiteness, it’s pervasiveness in leadership within the nonprofit community, and some great tools to put into practice for those striving to start or continue their antiracist journey. He discusses the pyramid of white supremacy, implicit bias, and microaggressions...
Asian Latino Food, Culture, and Storytelling with The Hungry Wons
December 05, 2020 00:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBIt's a holiday season for many cultures throughout the world which is why MixdGen wanted to bring our listeners an episode that talks about food, culture, and storytelling with our our mixd brothers, The Hungry Wons (www.hungrywons.com) The Hungry Wons are two brothers, Andrew and Jona Won who share a passion for food and storytelling in large part because of their family history as Chinese-Peruvian-Colombians. Their paternal grandparents include Jaime Won, born in 1915 in Guangzhou and L...
Mixed Marriage with Cristina Del Hoyo
October 31, 2020 17:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBCo-host Paul Clifton and Cristina Del Hoyo were married July 2019 and have since had significant experiences together as an interracial and intercultural couple. In this episode we get to hear about first impressions upon meeting, racism in Spain versus U.S., and stories about their experiences as an interracial couple. Tune in and enjoy this engaging conversation from “Team Fly” a super fly couple of the MixdGen Family. Thank you for listening and sharing our stories with the world. Ple...
Poetry Vibes with Kimberly Ming
October 03, 2020 03:00 - 5 minutes - 3.7 MBPeace MixdGen Fam! It's me, Kimberly Ming, your co-host of the MixdGen Podcast. As a writer and performance artist, I wanted to share some of my recent writings with you. This short and sweet episode contains three poems that are connected to my personal life journey and of course, being mixed! - Kimberly Ming We hope all our listeners enjoy this episode of The MixdGen Podcast! ***SPECIAL NOTICE: We are currently looking for sponsors that align with our values and vision. Contact us at m...
Connecting to Our Linguistic Heritage with Ciera Villegas
September 26, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBConnecting to Our Linguistic Heritage with Ciera Villegas Today’s guest, Ciera Villegas who identifies as Japanese and Chicana connects with co-host Kimberly Ming on different levels regarding language identity in a mixd family context including: shame when you don’t speak languages of your cultural heritage, how language can get erased, and the tension that exists in our hearts as we desire to connect through multiple language. Join us in celebrating Ciera’s story regarding her cultural ...
Special: UK Edition
September 19, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBSpecial: UK Edition "It’s just a lot of expectations from the black community or the white community...I always reference it to a ping pong ball or you being a ping pong ball because you are always battling something from side to side." Today’s guest, Debbie Ingram shares her experience of being the only mixd sibling within her family. We gain thoughtful insight to racial dynamics in England and Debbie’s thoughts as a fellow MIXDGEN community member with a Jamaican mother and White British...
Mixd Sibling Stories with Monica Clifton
September 12, 2020 04:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBWhat we love about this episode is that co-host of MixdGen Paul Clifton (@pauljayclif) and his sister Monica Clifton (@mocliff08) who share a special sibling bond talk about their experience growing up in Ogden, Utah. We also hear about how Monica feels within her own family as the recent wave of racial justice unfolds and family members. What does it mean when your racial background as a mixed person is disregarded by another side of your family? When half of your family may not fully und...
Where Have We Been?
September 04, 2020 21:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MB@Kimberly.Ming and @PaulJayClif are back with Season 2 of the MixdGen Podcast. Listen as they share about the various episodes they recorded solo with different people right before and during the first pandemic either have faced, working 40 hour+ work weeks, and navigating personal life. They share where they've both been with their creative flow and Kimberly's hypothesis of our racialized America might be shifting as Paul drops this gem: Nothing can substantially occur if you c...
The Black MIXD (ex)Mormon: Co-Host, Paul Clifton
September 08, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBThe Black (ex)Mormon: Co-Host Paul Clifton "I've changed a lot because I don't really care anymore about that. Because I know who I am I know I'm a Black male who's mixed. You know? But that the value I have is what I do. Being an educator. Advocating for immigrant families. The stuff I am trying to build in my community is greater than talking white." Paul Clifton is the co-host and editor of the MixdGen Podcast. He shares with us his family's background starting with his father's experie...
Mr. Chin!? Mr. Lee?! Mr. Wong!?: Gavin Goodall
September 08, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBMr. Chin!? Mr. Lee?! Mr. Wong!?: Gavin Goodall “I grew up in Jamaica, in Kingston and in Jamaica 96% or 98% of people are Black. And so even though I am mixed Black and Chinese I identified as Chinese, because that is what told me...Like, people that didn't know me would say 'Hey, what's up Mr. Chin, Mr. Lee, Mr. Wong.'” Gavin Goodall grew up with two mixed parents of Jamaican-Chinese decent. In this episode Gavin dives into his experiences as a MIXD person which includes the immigrant ex...
African born in America: Benzel Jimmerson
August 16, 2019 13:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBAfrican born in America: Benzel Jimmerson (@benzeljimmerson) “I don’t disassociate because there is a gift in all people. I’m not rejective of that side I just have chosen to understand it, understand the mentalities, and be able to utilize that understanding as a gift to the people I identify with." Benzel Jimmerson, Owner of Diversity Dynamics and Chair of the Economic Development Committee for NAACP Colorado Chapter, describes his experiences of being MIXD. From black cowboy to hip ho...
#mamason Black | Mexican | Bolivian: Marisela and Alex
July 16, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB#mamason - Black | Mexican | Bolivian: Marisela and Alex (@mari_maudi) “I think as parents sometimes we don’t even want to have those conversations, right? Like, I know I’ve had those moments where I’m like, okay I have to talk about this you know. I have to make sure things are good and how do I start that conversation? But no matter what you have to get yourself to do it because no one else is going to do it for you." - Marisela, MIXD mama “We still remember our ethnicity, we still reme...
The LatinAsian: Kimberly Ming
July 16, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBThe LatinAsian: Kimberly Ming (@kimberly.ming) “I wouldn’t be sharing my story if I didn’t think I that I could help other families dialogue and break the ice and learn.” Kimberly Ming, founder of MixdGen and creator of Youtube video “The LatinAsian: A Chinese and Puerto Rican Woman” has had personal struggles and celebrations within her identity of being MIXD. This podcast has been one of her dreams since she realized the lack of narratives for and by mixed race, multicultural, and interr...