Kim Noonan is a filmmaker and the host of the podcast "Multi-Racial White Boy." Kim and I talk about the idea of “whiteness” which is pervasive in the interracial adoptee community. Some adoptees grow up wanting to “be white” in order to fit in. I was lucky enough to have black role models in the dance world who encouraged me to love my skin.
James Baldwin wrote an exquisite short essay called “White…and other lies,” which I've included in show notes below. As participants in this community we must acknowledge how detrimental it is to perpetuate whiteness as something one becomes because of their upbringing. If a white child was raised by a black family in a black community, would they be black? No. Our upbringing informs, it is not an indictment. 
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Exercises I love:
African dance
https://youtu.be/cAXepObYN6E

Stretch/Barre workout
Coach Kel
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Black beauty influencer:
Jackie Aina
https://youtu.be/9-oW7F9T9IE

Weight management:
https://youtu.be/YuR51ktq1k8
Quit Sugar
https://youtu.be/hx4Kr1HJ79E

Plant care:
Planterina
https://youtu.be/9vDpgaoynhY

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