Ep. 95: But what ARE you?!

If you’re from a mixed race background, you’ve probably heard questions like “I know you’re not white, but I don’t know what you are?” or “Why are you that color?” or “But where are you ACTUALLY from?” and it can be infuriating and traumatic. This is something that Weeze experiences, too, as a fair-skinned indigenous African woman and it happens to so many people. So in today’s episode, Trudi and Weeze are diving into racial ambiguity, mixed race identity, what it’s like and what it means in the work that we do. We’re exploring: Why language is so important in what we call ourselves What the motivation of investigations into your background are REALLY about Breaking down the questions “where are you from?” and “what are you?” The conversation we need to have amongst ourselves as multi-racial folks What it’s like when you don’t fit into a box The functions of colorism and anti-Blackness vs racism Where social identities play a role in this work The risk and gamble we face as racially ambiguous folks And more! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/trudilebron https://instagram.com/accordingtoweeze https://instagram.com/nothowthatworks Music by Dennis “Aganee” Jenkins https://www.aganee.com https://instagram.com/therealaganee