The Color of Us

This episode featured, Stephanie Jack 卢恩典 a Singaporean-Chinese and Australian actor, singer, and writer who was recognized in 2022 as one of the 40-Under-40 Most Influential Asian Australians. With a diverse background, she trained and worked in various countries, graduating top of her B.A Drama cohort at the University of Bristol and completing an M.F.A in Acting at Harvard's ART/MXAT Institute. Stephanie, a multidisciplinary artist, is currently developing a play inspired by her time in China, titled Mixed Feelings, and has been actively involved in video installations exploring cultural hybridity and multiracial code-switching. Stephanie Jack discussed her experi...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Color of Us podcast! To start this season, we are incredibly honored to have spoken with Raj Tawney. Raj Tawney was born-and-raised in New York and is a proud multiracial American of Indian, Italian and Puerto Rican ancestry. Raj is a storyteller, and enjoys writing on identity, race, history, food, health, nature, entertainment, and current events shaping our culture. Beyond writing, he has hosted numerous live events, from introducing Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" at the Museum of Modern Art and to presenting "Pal Joey" with Frank Sinatra's granddaughter AJ Lambert. He’s also re...

We are so excited to have had to opportunity to collaborate with Mixed Asian Media and record a podcast with Alex Chester-Iwata. Alex was named as one of 2022's top 50 Unsung Heroes at Asian Hustle Network’s Uplifted Conference. Alex graduated with Honors in May 2021 with her BA through St. Mary’s LEAP Program. She is the first person from LEAP to receive the Dean's Award for academic excellence and community engagement and is now part of LEAP’s Advisory Board. Alex, also the Editor-in-Chief of Mixed Asian Media shared her story growing up in the entertainment industry as one of...

Aisha Fukushima is a performance lecturer, justice strategist, singer/songwriter, and RAPtivist. She founded RAPtivism, a hip hop project spanning 20 countries and four continents, amplifying universal efforts for freedom and justice. Her work with ‘RAPtivism’ has been featured on Oprah Magazine and TEDx, to name only a few organizations. Additionally, she has spoken with the President of Estonia about the power of music to create change. She has also presented at venues such as Stanford University, Yale Law School, Duke University and the National Conference On Race and Ethnicity (NCORE). In keynotes she links themes such as hip hop, glob...

Dr. Jill Falcon Ramaker is a faculty member at Montana State University specializing in Indigenous food systems and land practices. She is also a Program Director of the Buffalo Nations Food System Initiative at Montana State University and also works closely with the nonprofit Montana Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative. She is a member of the Midewin society and is an inspiring advocate. In this episode, Dr. Ramaker discusses her own multiracial and multicultural background. Additionally, she discusses the history of mixed indigenous communities and shares her opinion on blood quantum. Dr. Ramaker also discusses the future of land sovereignty...

Episode 06 with Andrew Jolivétte discusses the intersections and divisions between marginalized communities as well as ways to support one another. Specifically, Dr. Jolivette talks about the connections between the LGBTQ+ community and the multiracial community. Conversations about education in the context of school systems were also included to highlight ways in which early education could help create a more inclusive environment for all.

On the 55th anniversary of Loving Day, enjoy our podcast segment discussing the day's history and its importance to the multiracial community. Loving Day marks the annual celebration of the 1967 Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage. Happy Loving Day from The Color of Us; Love is Love.

EP. 04 of our podcast is now out featuring Dr. Shonda BuchananDr. Buchanan is an award-winning poet and educator. Dr. Buchanan is the author of five books, including the award-winning memoir, Black Indian, which won the 2020 Indie New Generation Book Award and was chosen by PBS NewsHour as a Top 20 Books to Read to Learn About Institutional Racism. An educator and a journalist for over 25 years, Dr. Buchanan has freelanced for the Los Angeles Times, the LA Weekly, AWP’s The Writer’s Chronicle, Indian Country Today, and The International Review of African American Art. She is also a senior lect...

EP. 03 of our podcast titled "Changing the Narrative" is now out! In this episode, Dr. Jasmine Mitchell was interviewed on topics encompassing the media's representation of multiracialism and the intersection between gender and multiracialism. Dr. Jasmine Mitchell is an outspoken figure in the multiracial community. She is a PhD in American Studies from the University of Minnesota and a BA in American Studies from Williams College. She is also an Associate Professor of American Studies and Media Studies at the State University of New York-Old Westbury where her scholarly specialities include race and gender representation in popular culture, mixed-race...

EP. 02 of our podcast is now out! In this episode, Rudy Guevarra Jr. was interviewed on topics exploring multiracial communities.Mr. Guevarra Jr. is a leader in the multiracial community and the president of the executive community of the Critical Mixed Race Studies conference. He is also an Associate Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University with research and teaching interests encompassing Comparative Ethnic Studies, Pacific Islander and Asian American Studies as well as Race and Ethnic Relations. He is the author of Becoming Mexipino: Multiethnic Identities and Communities in...