March 31, 2021 • 45 mins
Episode 34: Racism Against Asians In America
The recent coverage of racism against Asians in America has many people assuming this is a sudden and new issue when in reality it is unfortunately par for the course. Meeshie joins us this week to detail her experience growing up as an Asian American Woman in Massachusetts. What was it like being the only Asian Person in most of her classes in school? What was it like experiencing racism as a kid including people vandalizing her family's property? How has Meeshie been affected by the increased coverage of Violence and Racism against Asians in America? How have her friends, who are mostly White, reacted? Meeshie's pain and frustration over this issue is powerful and unfortunately familiar. Why is racism so strong in our United States of America and how many more people are going to continue to be negatively affected until We all do our part to defeat racism?
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The recent coverage of racism against Asians in America has many people assuming this is a sudden and new issue when in reality it is unfortunately par for the course. Meeshie joins us this week to detail her experience growing up as an Asian American Woman in Massachusetts. What was it like being the only Asian Person in most of her classes in school? What was it like experiencing racism as a kid including people vandalizing her family's property? How has Meeshie been affected by the increased coverage of Violence and Racism against Asians in America? How have her friends, who are mostly White, reacted? Meeshie's pain and frustration over this issue is powerful and unfortunately familiar. Why is racism so strong in our United States of America and how many more people are going to continue to be negatively affected until We all do our part to defeat racism?
*You can Subscribe to Tell Us The Truth on all leading podcast apps including the iHeart Radio App, Spreaker and iTunes/Apple Podcasts. Join us on Facebook and Twitter for daily discussion about top news.*
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