In the first episode of this limited season release of the On Being Biracial Podcast (more to come in 2023!), hosts Daralyse Lyons and Malcolm Burnley explore how multiracial youth are rewriting old assumptions about identity and race. In this episode, you will learn:
How paradigms such as the “one-drop rule” are being increasingly challenged by youth who embrace their mixed ancestry.
How their conceptions of their identities are complicated by how others view them, and the binary projections and expectations of race in this country.
How youth see barriers to acceptance around multiracial identities.
How they hope to bring about social change and inspire inclusion, not only for themselves, but for future generations.
The perspectives of youth shared in this episode all derive from first-hand experiences. Interviews were conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic with a special emphasis on educational and social experiences K-12, as they relate to and intersect with the subject of identity.
This season's interviewees include Jayden, Isaiah and Susannah Starks, Akemi Blake Marquez, Mason, Riley and Reece Mathisen, Zoey and Jackson Mayner, Jackson Medrano, Laila Jacobs, Liam, Adrianna, Oliver and Finley Marion, Whitley Alpher, Tucker, Sam and Zora.
Check out our website: onbeingbiracial.com
And, for more content from our hosts on these topics, please check out the following links to episode one, season one of Daralyse's The Demystifying Diversity podcast and read Malcolm's essay, ‘My Biracial Life':
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/02/08/my-biracial-life/
To read a transcript of this episode, visit OBB IDENTITY Episode.pdf
