How We Identify

In this episode, a special guest, Cynthia Rivas, joins the podcast to discuss self-identification. Cynthia, Jazalyn and Lisa discuss their preferred identities as well as their backgrounds and affinity for their respective identity groups.

Some context on what we discussed:

Origin of the term American Born Chinese:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/this-chinese-american-cartoonist-forces-us-to-face-racist-stereotypes

How the US Census helped create the Hispanic label: https://www.npr.org/2018/05/02/607553683/code-switch-census-watch-2020

Theme song by Jazalyn Dukes

Produced, edited, and additional music by Kyle Carson

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