{"id":50320,"date":"2016-11-28T20:39:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T20:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=50320"},"modified":"2016-11-28T20:52:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T20:52:57","slug":"meet-shereen-marisol-meraji-a-latina-journalist-tackling-race-idendity-through-podcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=50320","title":{"rendered":"Meet Shereen Marisol Meraji, A Latina Journalist Tackling Race & Idendity Through Podcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet Shereen Marisol Meraji, A Latina Journalist Tackling Race & Idendity Through Podcasting<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Latina<\/a>
\n2016-11-23<\/p>\n

Raquel Reichard<\/strong><\/a>, Politics & Culture Editor<\/p>\n

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\nHugo Rojo<\/small><\/p>\n

With Donald Trump<\/a>, a candidate who ran on racism, xenophobia, sexism, Islamophobia<\/a> and a disdain for journalists, heading to the White House, reports by and about the communities most impacted by the president-elect\u2019s rhetoric and proposals are ever-important, making Shereen Marisol Meraji<\/a> a periodista<\/em><\/a> you need to know.<\/p>\n

The Cali-based Puerto Rican-Iranian is a journalist reporting on race for NPR\u2019s Code Switch<\/em><\/a> podcast. Each week, Meraji and her team tackle issues of race, ethnicity and identity that are impacting our country as a whole.<\/p>\n

The mixed-race mujer<\/em><\/a>, who prides herself on being vocal, opinionated and informed, approaches these topics from her own intersections as a woman, bi-cultural Latina and daughter of a Muslim immigrant father.<\/p>\n

Ahead, the Persian-Rican opens up about her work, why she focuses on race and identity, and the need for nuanced and uncomfortable discussions on these topics in the media and at the dinner table…<\/p>\n

…Why are issues of race particularly important to you, Shereen the human, rather than Shereen the journalist-podcaster?<\/strong><\/p>\n

For me, the human, I think it\u2019s because of my mixed background. I never felt like I belonged. I realized, Oh my God! Not only is my mixed identity not represented anywhere, but not even my mom\u2019s or dad\u2019s 100 percent identities are represented.<\/em> I\u2019m not seeing any stories of what I\u2019m interested in, what I do or who I am, and those stories are important. Never having really belonged, being on the margins while observing everything, that\u2019s made me a natural journalist \u2013 not quite a part of something, always observing…<\/p>\n

Read the entire interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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