Podcasts about npr's code switch

After Katie describes how she and Jesse had their First Amendment rights literally murdered by an NYC venue and Jesse provides a weird update to last week's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie/Akwaeke Emezi episode, the hosts talk about some reparations-related drama at Seattle's Pride and "Code Switch"'s strange decision to join the pileon against Majdi Wadi, a Palestinian-American businessman who did nothing wrong. Show notes/Links: -when the government literally arrested everyone associated with Blocked and Reported: https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1406043541525073920 (https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1406043541525073920) -Emezi on her transition: https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/writer-and-artist-akwaeke-emezi-gender-transition-and-ogbanje.html (https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/writer-and-artist-akwaeke-emezi-gender-transition-and-ogbanje.html) -Are Twitter trolls mentally ill?: https://unherd.com/2021/06/are-twitter-trolls-mentally-ill/ (https://unherd.com/2021/06/are-twitter-trolls-mentally-ill/) -Taking Black Pride: https://www.seattlepride.org/events/taking-black-pride (https://www.seattlepride.org/events/taking-black-pride) -Seattle HRC responds: https://twitter.com/SeattleHRC/status/1405767042330812419 (https://twitter.com/SeattleHRC/status/1405767042330812419) https://twitter.com/SeattleHRC/status/1405767189634818048 (https://twitter.com/SeattleHRC/status/1405767189634818048) -Lorena González drops out: https://twitter.com/MLorenaGonzalez/status/1405968795567497219 (https://twitter.com/MLorenaGonzalez/status/1405968795567497219) https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2021/06/after-complaint-against-black-pride-events-reparations-fee-wave-of-cancellations-hit-tiny-capitol-hill-prides-big-plans-for-in-person-festival/ (https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2021/06/after-complaint-against-black-pride-events-reparations-fee-wave-of-cancellations-hit-tiny-capitol-hill-prides-big-plans-for-in-person-festival/) -affirmative action bake sale: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/05/03/40096408/uw-college-republican-affirmative-action-bake-sale-draws-resistance-and-controversy (https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/05/03/40096408/uw-college-republican-affirmative-action-bake-sale-draws-resistance-and-controversy) -BARPod patrons-only episode on Holy Land Brand/Majdi Wadi: https://www.patreon.com/posts/destroying-small-38100907 (https://www.patreon.com/posts/destroying-small-38100907) -“Code Switch” on same: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/892974522 (https://www.npr.org/transcripts/892974522) -Bari Weiss on same, via her new podcast “Honestly”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-cultural-revolution/id1570872415?i=1000524764029 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-cultural-revolution/id1570872415?i=1000524764029)

50 Years after the first organized Pride gathering on June 28, 1970, police brutality and violence against Black, Indiginous, POC and LGBTQIA2S communities continue. Jeremie and Bryde talk about intersectionality and privilege. Just the tips include the new documentary on Netflix, "DIsclosure" on the visibility of Trans folks in film and television, and NPR's Code Switch podcast - notably episodes "They Don't Say Our Names Enough", and "Why Now, White People?". Other honorable mentions include "Unlocking Us" podcast episode with Laverne Cox, and "This week in HistoyThe hosts chat with Brent - a lover navigating new open relationship waters and a moment of love gone too soon.Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/turnmeonFollow us on Instagram - @turnmeonpodcastThis episode and more have been transcribed thanks to Thisten: https://thisten.co/event/wmu9l------------ALSO, if you’re looking to get spicy in the bedroom, Intamo Pleasurables makes plant-based lubes (and more) that nourish your body and leave you feeling sensational. Use promo code: TURNMEON15 for 15% off at www.intamopleasurables.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this bonus episode, NPR's Code Switch team looks at white activism in the wake of George Floyd's killing. The video of his death is horrific, and the brutality is stark. But that was the case in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014 and Minnesota in 2016. This time, though, white people are out in the streets in big numbers, and books such as "So You Want to Talk About Race" and "How to Be an Antiracist" top the bestseller lists. So we asked some white people: What's different this time?

Instead of a new episode this month, History is Gay is participating in #PodcastBlackout. If you are not Black, we hope you take this opportunity and time to read, educate yourself, and donate to organizations and causes dedicated to the fight for Black lives.  The Black-created podcasts mentioned in this episode that you should check out and financially support:  Black, Queer Podcasts: Category Is... | A Black, Gay Podcast QueerWOC AfroQueer This QPOC Life Black History Podcasts:  Black History Buff Podcast Noire Histoir Code Switch  You can find NPR's Code Switch playlist for Black History here.  Also, 100% proceeds from the new History is Gay coloring book project will be donated to The Okra Project, a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home-cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans people wherever they can reach them. You can donate and download the pages at www.historyisgaypodcast.com/coloring-book Places to Donate: The Okra Project Black Trans Travel Fund Marsha P. Johnson Institute Breonna Taylor GoFundMe Nina Pop Mental Health Recovery Fund Tony McDade Mental Health Recovery Fund Homeless Black Trans Women Fund TGI Justice Project For the Gworls

The last few weeks have been filled with devastating news — stories about the police killing black people. So today, we're turning the mic over to our colleagues at NPR's Code Switch. Now, as always, they're doing really important work covering race and identity in the United States. In this episode, they spoke with Jamil Smith, who wrote the essay "What Does Seeing Black Men Die Do For You?" for The New Republic. Thank you for listening.

This Weekend on Lake Effect : Race and Ethnicity reporter Teran Powell hosts a virtual roundtable discussion with local community and political leaders to give some context to this week's protests. Then, we hear a special edition of NPR’s podcast Code Switch, which examines the country’s reaction to the death of George Floyd and other African Americans at the hands of police. Plus, a poem about white privilege. Guests: Markasa Tucker, director of the African American RoundTable; State Senator Lena Taylor; Jamaal Smith, violence prevention manager at the Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention Code Switch, NPR Podcast Shaun Ranft, poetry contributor

Recorded outside in a London park (socially distanced!) Amanda Litherland and Chrystal Genesis recommend some great podcasts and speak to creators. Firstly, following on from the Black Lives Matter protests happening across the world, a selection of podcasts to help you learn about the history of race and racism, and actions you can take now. Including Scene On Radio series 2 Seeing White, About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge and NPR's Code Switch. Also suggestions of nature podcasts which discuss environmental activism and encourage positive change. Including Costing The Earth, Mothers of Invention, Black Nature Narrative, Outrage and Optimism, and So Hot Right Now. And what is a branded podcast? More and more companies are not just buying advertising, but commissioning entire podcast series to spread the word about their brand. We hear from Radio Wolfgang's Holly Aquilina and Elle Scott, the team behind last year's award winning 'Selfridges Hot Air' to find out why companies are investing in this medium, and what goes into creating a successful series. We also hear the 2020 British Podcast Award nominations for Best Branded podcast; #QueerAF, DeepMind: The Podcast, Meet Me At The Museum, On the Marie Curie Couch, The Penguin Podcast, and The Rough Guide to Everywhere. You can contact the show at podcastradiohour@bbc.co.uk

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Gene Demby, journalist and co-host of NPR's Code Switch, talks with Tristan about how racism and the environment in America informs sexual education, religion, interracial dating, fetishization, swinging while Black, and other issues that impact us today. (This special 90-minute episode was recorded before the uprisings & protests that began in late May 2020.)

Coronavirus is all over the headlines. Accompanying the growing anxiety around its spread, has been suspicion and harassment of Asians and Asian Americans. For more on this, we turned to Gene Demby, co-host of NPR's Code Switch podcast, and his conversation with historian Erika Lee. We talk about how this wave of stigma is part of a longer history in the United States of camouflaging xenophobia as public health and hygiene concerns.

How do race and racism affect our friendships? In this special episode, NPR's Code Switch team and WNYC's Death, Sex & Money podcast answer your questions on race and friendship. Be a good friend and listen.

Maria and Julio are joined by ITT All-Stars, Terrell Jermaine Starr and Jamilah King, to discuss the surge in white supremacist and anti-immigrant violence instilled by the current administration, following the recent shootings in Texas, Ohio and California. They also talk about the latest state-sponsored attacks on the immigrant community: last week's largest single-state immigration raid in US history in Mississippi and USCIS’ announcements on cutting down immigrant benefits from all federal agencies.ITT Staff Picks:ITT All-Star, Lulu Garcia-Navarro's article on the erasure of Latinos by the media after the El Paso shooting, via the AtlanticWhy white supremacist violence is rising today — and how it echoes some of the darkest moments of our past, via VoxGene Demby's latest for NPR's Code Switch that we mentioned, and an article from The New Republic that discusses the history of immigration in the U.S., including the 1875 Page Act and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 that Maria discussesFor information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bullseye guest host Shereen Marisol Meraji, host of NPR's Code Switch, talks with the musician Ahmed Gallab. You might know Ahmed as the man behind the band Sinkane. Ahmed and Shereen discuss his latest album, growing up in the U.S. as the son of immigrants and how he connects his Sudanese roots to his music. Sinkane's latest album is titled Dépaysé and is available now.

Guest Host Shereen Marisol Meraji, host of NPR's Code Switch, chats with actor Garcia. Garcia plays Jake Rodriguez on 'Tales of the City' on Netflix, a part-remake part-sequel to the TV miniseries you might remember from the 90's. Garcia and Shereen discuss their first breakout role, being pigeonholed as a trans character in Hollywood and how their chosen family led them to acting.

With March Madness in full swing, the debate over whether the NCAA should compensate athletes resurfaces once again. 2020 Democratic presidential candidates continue to unveil progressive policy positions. Plus, how Outdoor Voices' #DoingThings slogan fits into a moment where lines between advertising and everyday life are increasingly blurry. Julia Furlan fills in for Sam, and she's flanked by Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch and Arnie Seipel from NPR Politics.

I LOVE podcasts. They are the absolute perfect way to learn or be entertained while you do boring or mundane stuff. I listen to quite a few podcasts and I'm always recommending specific episodes to friends. Today I want to share my favorite with you!  I'll cover my favorite podcasts for your business, for parenting (especially fostering and adopting), and just general fun stuff. This week I'm sharing some of my favorite podcasts. I have been listening to podcasts since 2006! My husband bought me an ipod shuffle (no screen!) for Valentine's Day in 2006 because I was listening to podcasts on my computer (we only had a desktop, no laptop, and obviously we only had flip phones. FLIP PHONES!). Those first podcasts I loved (you can still go back and listen!) - KnitCast, which may have been the first podcast about knitting, CastOn with Brenda Dayne, which inspired the direction of my yarn company, and CraftyPod with Diane Gilleland, who I stalked on Twitter until we became real-life friends and collaborators. (I took her class on podcast years before I started this show and anything good in this podcast I learned from her.) The landscape of podcasting has changed QUITE a bit since 2006! For starters, you likely know what they are now, and you probably didn't back then. Many of you don’t even listening Explore Your Enthusiasm as an audio podcast, you watch it on YouTube. When I first started this show back in 2014, I had to explain to interested students what podcasts were and how to actually get them. If you are reading this, did you know you can get it delivered to your phone automatically? If you have an iphone, just go to the Podcast app, search for "explore your enthusiasm" and hit the "subscribe" button! It'll come to your phone every Wednesday morning. If you use a different phone, look in your app store for a podcast app, and subscribe in the same way. Before we get into my faves, let's talk about listening to podcasts for a minute - there are some podcasts I listen to every week, but MOST shows, I tend to save up and then binge on. I may spend a whole week listening to one show, and then not listen again for a month. I may completely forget about a show for 3 months, and then it becomes one of my favorites. So when I recommend these shows, I'm not just recommending the most recent episodes, I'm recommending them overall, because I've learned something from them over the years. And now that I've told you how I listen to podcasts, you don't need to apologize to ME for not hearing my most recent episode, when you meet me in person or send me a DM I get it! And if you want to hear MY best podcast episodes, check out the episode 234! In it I share the most popular episodes and you can find them linked up at the show notes: https://taraswiger.com/podcast234/ My favorite podcasts for your biz: I'll be honest, I don't listen to a lot of business podcasts regularly, because I find they distract me from what I need to be working on! I don't need more ideas, I just need to do the work! However, when I do need ideas or inspiration, I listen to these: Hashtag Authentic - I met Sarah Tasker when she was a student in my Craft Your Marketing workshop in Manchester, England. And then I was blown away when I realized that she is an Instagram superstar and writes an amazing blog. Her podcast Hashtag Authentic is SO good and has amazing interviews with people you don't hear anywhere else. And! Her book Hashtag Authentic just came out and is the best thing ever. The Goal Digger Podcast - Jenna Kutcher, who has a giant business and started out as a photographer and went viral on Instagram, shares some amazing lessons in this show. She switches between teaching episodes (kinda like my show usually is) with interviews with a really random collection of people. To be honest, I usually skip the interviews because she's had some reality stars on which is...odd, but also some great conversations about diversity in the Instagram world. I tend to pick and choose. My favorite episodes have been about concrete topics like growing Instagram or Pinterest. Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield - I haven't listened to this show in about a year because I would end up taking copious notes on each episode and learning so much...and I've been in a place of implementing (and healing!), instead of learning. But when I need to uplevel some aspect of my business, I search her archives and listen to the episodes that relate to what I need. That said, a few years ago I listened every single week and  acted on so much of what she taught I think it directly correlated to my business hitting six figures. (No, I haven't taken her classes, but they look great!) Hol:Fit Talks - Ange Petersen has a multimillion dollar business and is one of the top sellers in doTERRA and she believes it is all about mindset. Her episodes are so encouraging and enlightening, no matter what business you're in. All Rise Up with Allison Nichols - If you have doTERRA business, you need to be listening to this podcast. I am telling you that it is REQUIRED listening. If you have a different business, you're going to love her interviews and learn a lot about how to be a bold salesperson. Allison is another of the top sellers in doTERRA and I love how unapologetic she is about her ambition and how hard you need to work. Honorable Mention:  I used to listen to both The Tim Ferriss Show and School of Greatness weekly, but I haven't listened in a few years. I became tired of the interview format. The School of Greatness, does have a more diverse line-up (Tim's show tends to be all white dudes who have giant business, many of which are "intellectual dark web" people). I also have listened to and loved The Life Coach School show, Sounds Like Bliss, Manifestation Babe. There are two mental health related podcasts that I think are just great: Jen Gotch is Ok… Sometimes - The first several episodes are required listening if you think you may be dealing with mental health issues. Jen Gotch is the founder of Band.Do, which means she's a super smart businesswoman...and she has bipolar disorder and anxiety disorder. Hearing her story in the first few episodes was really what I needed this summer. The Hilarious World of Depression - This is the podcast I didn't know I needed. Each week the host interviews a different funny person and they talk about their experience with depression, how they got treatment and what works for them. It is always heartwarming and sometimes heartbreaking and is what you need if you feel alone. Honorable Mention: Oprah's Supersoul Conversation. I don't think it needs an explanation. It's Oprah and some great guests and some kooky guests. Parenting podcasts: Real Mom Podcast - a foster and adoptive mom interviews moms from all backgrounds and although this show is aimed at Christian moms, I think all moms can relate to the stories shared and the real conversations. Slate's Mom and Dad are Fighting - this is a panel show with 3 parents who answer listener questions and share their own "triumphs and fails" each week. Sometimes they talk about older kids, sometimes toddlers, I always enjoy it and usually listen while washing dishes. The Empowered Parent Podcast - this is usually a conversation with two parents and is based on the concepts in Karyn Purvis' work and the Connect Child book. If you are parenting a kid with trauma or you're feeling disconnected, there's lots of good foundational stuff with examples in this show (I mostly download old shows and listen about a specific topic, like tantrums, or reunification) Honorable Mention: The Adoption Connection. Random podcasts that got me through hard times: By the Book - In this podcast two friends read and live by a self-help book for 2 weeks. They choose different kinds of books and share the results. This is a professionally produced show and yet manages to be hilarious and warm, like listening to two friends. When I'm traveling and can't sleep, I sometimes put this on with the sleep timer and I drift off. (Not because it's boring but because I need some friends around) Dear Hank And John - John Green (author of Fault in Our Stars and a million other very good novels) and his brother Hank Green (author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing and the creator and business brains of tons of huge YouTube things, like Crash Course) have a weekly YT show called VlogBrothers, which is one of the first vlog-type things I ever watched. Now they have a podcast where they give dubious advice to listener's questions and it is always hilarious and uplifting. This is one I listen to every week within a few days of it coming out, often when I'm in the car with my foster kiddos. Honorable Mention: I was listening to Layla Saad's Wild Mystic Woman podcast for conversations about anti-racist work, but she recently changed it up and has the new Good Ancestor Podcast which I just downloaded. There are a lot of other shows I listen to now and again, all of these have been listened to recently: Nerdette, Slate's The Waves, Decoder Ring, Reading Glasses, Reply All, NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, Beautiful Writers Podcast, Rants and Randomness with Luvvie, NPR's Code Switch. Now that I've put all these shows in one place I can see some things I'd like to change about my own habits - I'm glad to see I am listening to a lot of shows by women, which is something I purposefully sought to change a few years ago. But I recognize that among those women there isn't a lot of diversity. This year I'd like to change that a bit, so I'm  listening to and learning from people who are different from me.   Listen in at TaraSwiger.com/podcast248

Episode Notes This week we are way over our heads with stories that have interesting elements but are problematic as heck. We also avoid making the same Greg Land comments every message board makes.Ranked This Episode: District X #1-6 (Mr. M) X-Factor Vol 2 Uncanny X-Men #530-535 (Quarantine) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List!New content every week on XavierFiles.comFollow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy!Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto.Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave CockrumIf you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

In the book Enemies in Love, journalist and Columbia University professor Alexis Clark narrates the romance between an African-American nurse and a German prisoner of war during WWII. Maria and Julio talk to Alexis about how the challenges of this era are still relevant today. ITT Staff PicksFrom the Smithsonian.com: How Black nurses in World War II were relegated to take care of Nazis. Alexis Clark's interview with NPR's Code Switch.The two battles that Black soldiers experienced in WWII (from The Conversation).For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kat Chow of NPR's Code Switch wrote about using the term "yellow" to describe East Asians in her article If We Called Ourselves Yellow. Lin discusses her unease with the term and its association with disease. From there, a conversation about acetate glasses manufactured to fit only a narrow strip of the population evolves into how stereotypes about races and ethnicities still reign in the popular imagination. Finally, Margrit raves about Webtoons and their rich and entertaining library of diverse comic art. Question of the episode: How do you feel about using the word "yellow" to describe East Asians? Bonus question: Do you have trouble finding glasses that fit? Do you have any solutions for making glasses fit better? Join the conversation on Twitter at @World_ofStories or email us at worldofstoriespodcast@gmail.com.  Transcript Margrit  00:00 Hi, welcome to World of Stories. I'm Margrit and my pronoun is they.   Lin  00:05 I'm Lin and my pronouns she and we're here to talk about diversity and storytelling.   Margrit  00:09 Indeed. So what's new this week in your life, Lin.   Lin  00:13 So there is an article written by Kat Chow, who is a journalist with NPR's CodeSwitch podcast and the article is called If We Called Ourselves Yellow. And it is about the term "yellow" to describe East Asians and she writes about how--sort of the origins of where this term came from, and some of the negative connotations that surround the use of this term "yellow" and how other ethnicities use colors like Black and Brown to describe themselves. And, the use of those terms is not viewed in a negative light. But yet yellow still is. And so she was saying how she's thinking about reclaiming this word. And it's a very, it's a very interesting article and it goes both into history and also sort of her thoughts about what to do with this term. Yeah, what to do with this term going forward?   Margrit  01:29 Right? Right. It does a really good job of presenting the cultural history of the term and how it pans out in like a bunch of movies and other kinds of, you know, cultural artifacts that were distributed and how that perpetuated a certain image of East Asian people in general. And how also that connected to policy, right?   Lin  02:00 Yeah, with immigration policies in the US. There was the Chinese Exclusion Act, I believe that was in place for decades and decades, where Chinese people were just not allowed to immigrate into the US. And then there was also Japanese internment during World War Two. I think there's a couple of others that she mentioned.   Margrit  02:22 Both of which Canada--   Lin  02:26 Yes, that's right. Yes. Those were both in Canada. And if I remember correctly, the Japanese internment was actually worse in Canada than it was in the US. If I have my Canadian history remembered correctly.   Margrit  02:54 I find this concept, like this way of reclaiming former slurs as a means of empowerment for a certain community, I find it really interesting. And it's very cool how it pans out for all kinds of marginalization. Like, for example, the term queer, being reclaimed and used as a way of identifying. And I was just wondering how you personally felt about it. After I read the article--I think it's a really, really well written article. And it's really wonderful in terms of being informative, but it will also leave you very angry if you have any kind of social justice leanings. How do you feel about this term?   Lin  03:39 Yeah, I've always... So it's interesting that this article came out now because I have been thinking about the use of the term yellow a couple of months ago, and I have no idea why I was thinking about it, but I was. And then again, this comparison with using Black to describe people, and Brown to describe certain groups of people. And I am kind of uncomfortable with the term yellow.   Margrit  04:09 Why is that?   Lin  04:10 It always reminds me, it reminds me of jaundice. Like yellow skin is like jaundice, right? Which isn't like an illness. It's a sickness. It's a disease and so... so yeah, that's, I guess my aversion to it. And she doesn't actually mention jaundice in the article, but it does talk about how there's a connotation of illness and toxicity and poison when it comes to this idea of yellow, particularly yellow skin. So yeah, I'm not opposed to the idea of reclaiming that word. And in viewing a different definition and connotation on to that word. And like, as you said, like, the term queer and a lot of members of the LGBTQ community have reclaimed that word. And I think there's certainly power in that. I just--for yellow, might take some time getting used to.   Margrit  05:21 Oh no, absolutely. And that's obviously up to the community and she--Chao--does a good job of, I think, interviewing a bunch of people and asking them, how do you feel about that? What do you think about that? And I think the way that the article presented, it's a really interesting way in which, you know, every single person that she's interviewed, then comes with a different facet of the history of the use of the term and its representation, popular culture and how it still sort of influences popular representations to this day and a lot of harmful stereotypes when it comes to East Asian people, right?   Lin  06:03 Yeah. And, you know, this reminds me of this other article that I was--that I came across today. Or a couple of days ago, I should say. Give me one second, I'm just going to find it.   Margrit  06:19 When she talks about the late 60s movements, like reclaiming the word yellow, and the yellow power, it just reminded me of the Black Panthers who did kind of the same thing. And it was, it was kind of at the same time, too. So, you know, the late 60s revolutionary movements across the world, really, were trying to shift, you know, oppression away and empower marginalized communities in that way. And there's a lot of similarities and--   Lin  06:52 Yeah, I think in order to reclaim that word, people actually have to use it. And I don't know if I've seen that many East Asian people be willing to use the word yellow? I could be wrong. I could just not be aware of, of groups who are using that. But, yeah, I just don't see it anywhere. So that article around Asian stereotypes reminds me of this other article on Refinery29 written by Kristin Wong, and the article is called the "Ideal" Immigrant Worker is a Problematic Trope, especially for women. And she goes into--she starts the article off talking about her mother calling her, and her mother is complaining, confiding about some workplace relationships that seem to be perpetrated by racial stereotypes. And so she goes into how a lot of the values and the sort of behavioral--how do I say this?  This is why I need scripts.  So she goes into how a lot of the values of immigrants, particularly East Asian immigrants, affect the way that people interact in the workplace and to the detriment of the immigrant. And that's obviously not limited just to East Asians, but also to other--   Margrit  08:57 But there is and I think, more in the States. There's this notion of the model minority, right? And East Asians are, and South Asians to some degree. And I think it refers to the fact that, you know, some communities tend to struggle, probably financially and in many other ways in order to get their children in education. So they sacrifice everything, just to get that education and to make sure that the children, you know, first generation immigrants and so on, attain a certain social status. And, that's viewed as sort of the ideal immigrant basically.   Lin  09:40 Yeah, so the values of you know, working hard, not complaining.   Margrit  09:43 Exactly.   Lin  09:44 You know, just like doing the work.   Margrit  09:46 Not stirring the pot.   Lin  09:48 Right and not claiming rights that they don't feel that they are entitled to.   Margrit  09:54 Yeah.   Lin  09:56 And so yeah, that really resonated with me. And yeah. And so speaking about things that East Asians don't feel like we are entitled, I actually have a rant about glasses. Okay, so I've worn glasses since I was eight years old, I think so I've worn glasses my whole life. And for people who know, who wear glasses, there are two main types of glasses, one is the wireframe glasses, with the clear plastic nose pads that are attached to the wireframe. And then the other group is acetate glasses, which is basically like the hard plastic and the nose pad is part of the frame. It's just molded plastic. Yes, okay. So when I was in high school or university, I don't remember now. But around that time, all of the trendy glasses were acetate glasses. And you know, I wanted to be the cool kid and be trendy and all that. So, I bought acetate glasses, because that's what all the cool kids were wearing. Right? Exactly. And, but they always slid down my nose and I thought, well, that's just what glasses, do they just slide down people's noses. And I didn't know any better from so for like 20 years. This is not 20 years of not quite that old. But for a good 10 plus years. That's just what my glasses always did. They just slid down my face. And about two years ago, some manufacturers started making these things called Asian fit glasses.   Margrit  10:22 Oh my god.   Lin  10:54 Yeah. And I was like, what is this and I like, went to a store, I tried them on and I'm like, "Oh my god, I didn't realize glasses could fit well." Like, they're not falling off my face, they like stay where I want them to stay, and they're comfortable. What is going on?   Margrit  12:13 So glasses are not supposed to just slide down your nose?   Lin  12:16 Apparently not. Yeah, who knew. And so the difference is that these are--the quote unquote Asian fit glasses are acetate glasses, but the nose piece is bigger so it actually extends out toward the face more than the standard fit glasses. And so what that does is it lifts the whole glasses higher up off the face and positions it correctly. It's less likely to slide down the nose because there's more plastic or material to sort of grip the nose and then my cheeks don't touch the bottom of the glasses, which in a lot of cases they do and then it just like, it's uncomfortable and it's smudges the classes as well. So I was like, I can't believe that my entire life I've been wearing glasses that don't fit my nose because as the case with most East Asian people, I have a flat wide nose. And that's technically called a low nose bridge nose.   Margrit  13:33 I like how it's still your problem. You don't have a standard nose, you have low bridge. So I mean, get that sorted out.   Lin  13:47 Okay, but hold on a second now, like most East Asian people have this type of nose, but also Southeast Asians and Africans and Black people and Indigenous people. This is like half the world that have noses that are like this.   Margrit  14:01 This is what my sarcasm was aimed at is that you know.   Lin  14:04 I know.   Margrit  14:05 Oh my goodness, this is--   Lin  14:07 Yeah, so it's like half the planet can't wear glasses that fit their faces.   Margrit  14:12 Right. So right, because they're designed...   Lin  14:16 Yeah, they're designed for like a narrow, pointy-er, for lack of a better word, or like a higher nose bridge nose.   Margrit  14:28 Or the much dreaded amongst my people, the Jewish nose, which has a bump right after the bridge. I was blessed without it. And but my whole experience, especially as a young person in Europe, when I would tell somebody that I'm Jewish, they would look at me like askance, you know, like the head tilt? Like the puppy, the confused puppy look where it's like, but you don't have a Jewish nose. And I'm like, well I must not be Jewish. Thank you so much for informing me about that.   Lin  15:05 Right, because you have to have that nose in order to be Jewish.   Margrit  15:08 Ah, right. And and it's interesting that we kind of roll back to kind of where we started from that shows, sort of cultural investigation of the use of the word yellow and, and all kinds of representations of Asian people because the idea of the Jewish nose was popularized by Nazi propaganda in all of their caricatures and representations of the Jewish menace. There was always like, sort of hunchback, middle aged Jewish man with a hook nose, and that was out to get the poor, you know, the poor Arian people out of their rightful place in, in the world, right? And so again, talking about stereotypes that endure. It's ridiculous how one small thing can just or something that somebody just throws out there can just live forever and ever and be so incredibly harmful to so many people.   Lin  16:14 Yeah, yeah, that's crazy.   Margrit  16:17 Yeah, because when I was reading--again, when I was reading Chao's article, it reminded me a few years ago, I was teaching a course on race and ethnicity and literature and we were reading Edward Long's History of Jamaica. And Edward Long was this British colonizer in Jamaica, he was some sort of official there and he just, you know, out of his own, free will took it upon himself to write a history of Jamaica, because obviously he was the expert. This was mid-18th century, 1770-something I think it was when it was written. And he was the one who was like, "Okay, I am observing things and therefore that must be the truth." So he, I think the whole image of like, the over sexualized African person can be traced back to his observations because he basically said, "Oh, look, African people have very, very wide lips, therefore, they must be very into sex."   Lin  17:19 Oh my god.   Margrit  17:20 And so this is a stereotype that endures. It has been so harmful, you know, the whole sexualization of Black people and sort of, you know, Black men are out there to rape white women and so they're very, very harmful. It's just to this day such an enduring, harmful, terrible stereotype that we just cannot get rid of that easily. And it's just something that originated with somebody who just thought themselves entitled to what is out there.   Lin  17:52 Yeah, and like, same thing with the exoticizing of East Asia, right? Going back to Chao's article. East Asia was always thought of as this very exotic place. And for some reason yellow was also, has that same connotation, which I don't understand how yellow can be--the color yellow is exotic, but anyways. Even to this day when there are so many stories out there when you think of, oh, the Orient is this exotic place and you know, the white man goes to somewhere in the Orient and learns, you know, enhances his sexual prowess through learning from some, like teacher or something like that. You know, there's a lot of that stuff going on too, today.   Margrit  18:45 Yeah, yeah, yes, absolutely. The exoticizing is alive and well and you know, Asia as a place of mystery and people being lazy because it's warm outside. And therefore they don't have to work. All of these connections that just seem like when you try to unpack them, they just seem so ridiculous and untenable, and yet they persist in the sort of white Western Eurocentric imagination as proof, right? Yeah.   Lin  18:46 Yeah. Yeah.   Margrit  19:22 Well, yeah.   Lin  19:24 That was all very depressing.   Margrit  19:28 No.   Lin  19:30 So, um, what have you been enjoying this week?  Let's talk about something to lift our spirits?   Margrit  19:36 Yes, I have been enjoying this for a long time. It's webtoons. Do you know about webtoons?   Lin  19:42 Webtoons. I've heard it because you've told me about it. Please tell us more.   Margrit  19:47 So webtoons is basically this type of comics that originated in South Korea. I think it was in the early 2000s. But I wouldn't--I don't have a citation for that. So it's very unacademic of me. And it's the thing about them is that basically they're comics that are, unlike manga that are published in books, they're designed for the online environment. And so they have vertical scroll, and they're very colorful. And I've been enjoying this app called Webtoon, which is available, I guess, on all platforms. And it's a platform for comic artists to present their, their work. And it's curated. So do you, do you ever read comics?   Lin  20:41 You know, I have not. So I wouldn't say I know anything about comics.   Margrit  20:48 There's a terrible gap in your cultural knowledge and you should totally remedy it, Lin. I don't know if we can be friends anymore. But the thing about Webtoon is that they have all of the genres so you can find romance or you can find science fiction or fantasy or slice of life. And there is a, there's a huge variety of artistic styles as well. So some of them are sort of very elaborate and complex drawings with a lot of--you can see that they've gone through many, many, many stages and drafts, and others are, you know, sketches in which the focus is on the story or on the shtick or anything like that. So there's definitely something for everyone. Even if you're not, you know, that much or you think you're not that much into comics, it's just a very good way to unwind these days with all that's happening.   Lin  21:54 Do you have any recommendations for where people can start?   Margrit  21:58 Oh, well, I can tell you what I've been enjoying so I, I love a bunch of them. And I'm only gonna mention--you have to stop me. So one of my favorites is Jem Yoshioka's Circuits and Veins. And it's about two women, one of whom is human. And the other one is an android and they sort of move in--they don't move in--the android moves into the apartment next door to the human and the human suffers from anxiety. And so a lot of it is just up in her apartment. And it's, and I think the way that they meet--the meet cute as it were--is that the human has designed these software, VR pets. They're kind of like a cross between very cute pomeranians and pineapples,   Lin  22:48 And pineapples?   Margrit  22:50 Pineapple pomeradians kind of a thing. It's really really cute and I am not doing it justice. So they meet and they kind of like each other and they start dating. And it's just so so super adorable. And this one particularly is very, very low angst. And I find I find this a lot about the stories in Webtoon, especially these days with all of the things that are happening in the real world and in politics and stuff like that. I find that low angst is my comfort. So if you are into anime, I really recommend a slice of life kind of comic. Like there's this, I think the artist is based in Malaysia, and she draws this comic called My Giant Nerd Boyfriend. And again, so super cute. The whole shtick is that the boyfriend is I think around two feet taller than the girlfriend. Oh, right, the 60 centimeters or so I think, the art is not very complex, but it's so good with the story and it's all about their daily life and their day-to-day relationship and how lovely and caring they are to one another. And it's just adorable. And it's just one of those things that gives you hope, or you know, makes you smile and gives you hope for the day till you encounter another article about microaggressions.   Lin  24:28 We need a lot of hope these days. A lot of it.   Margrit  24:31 I think we do.   Lin  24:33 Okay, should we do question of the episode?   Margrit  24:35 Sure. Let's do a question of the episode.   Lin  24:38 Okay, so how about what do listeners think about using the term yellow to describe East Asians? Does it give you an icky feeling like it gives me or do you think it's something that East Asians should reclaim and give a new definition to?   Margrit  25:03 That is a very, very good question. And I hope you will take a moment to answer it. And you can answer it on Twitter at @World_ofStories. And we look forward to hearing from you.   Lin  25:22 Yes. And bonus question. If you wear glasses, do you have problems finding glasses that fit? And if you've figured out a solution to get glasses to fit better, please tell me because I desperately want to know.   Margrit  25:39 Help Lin out with the glasses.   Lin  25:42 I have glasses problems. So come join the conversation. We want to know what you think. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you listen, iTunes or Google Play or on Spotify. We are now on Spotify, which is very exciting. And if you like our show, please leave us a review or tell your friends. And we hope that you have a great couple of weeks.   Margrit  26:10 Wonderful. Subscribe and we'll hear from you soon, I hope. Take care.   Lin  26:14 Take care. Bye

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