We Live Here rerun: Being biracial in AmericaPosted in Articles, Autobiography, Family/Parenting, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, United States on 2016-03-08 00:37Z by Steven |
We Live Here rerun: Being biracial in America
St. Louis Public Radio
90.7 KWMU, KWMU-2, KWMU-3: News That Matters.
Saint Louis, Missouri
2016-03-07
Shula Neuman, Executive Editor
We originally aired this podcast on what its like to be multi-racial about six months ago. The project was the brainchild of Emanuele Berry, one of the founding producers of We Live Here, and it’s still one of our favorite episodes — not just because we miss Emanuele (who is on a Fulbright in Macau, China), but also because the stories and interactions in this podcast are poignant and thought provoking.
Since this originally aired, the question of what it means to be called biracial, or multi-racial came up in the news. Actor Taye Diggs released a book late in 2015 called Mixed Me. It’s a children’s book (his second) that was apparently inspired by his 6-year-old son…
Listen to the story here.