<p>In this episode, Sara and Mel sit with Nellie Beall, a Malaysian immigrant living in the Ozark mountains of Northwest Arkansas since 2001. We discuss her challenges of moving here as a young woman alone, what a journey of embracing two cultures looks like, and how, until recently, she has felt ‘other’ in the racial discussions in the US being carried out mostly in black and white.</p>

In this episode, Sara and Mel sit with Nellie Beall, a Malaysian immigrant living in the Ozark mountains of Northwest Arkansas since 2001. We discuss her challenges of moving here as a young woman alone, what a journey of embracing two cultures looks like, and how, until recently, she has felt ‘other’ in the racial discussions in the US being carried out mostly in black and white.

<p>In this episode, Sara and Mel sit with Nellie Beall, a Malaysian immigrant living in the Ozark mountains of Northwest Arkansas since 2001. We discuss her challenges of moving here as a young woman alone, what a journey of embracing two cultures looks like, and how, until recently, she has felt&nbsp;‘other’ in the racial discussions in the US being carried out mostly in black and white.</p>

Episode 7: America Through the Eyes of a Proud Immigrant

In a few short years, we’ve witnessed American society deteriorate before our eyes into a civil war of opinions blasted across the internet by the minute. We think there’s a better way, and that these conversations that give you somewhat of an emotional wedgie are key. At Cultural Wedgies, we want to name the madness of our culture while inviting a different conversation. The answer to the greatest call on humanity to rise up in this unique cultural moment is not to arrive at a definitive point on any given issue — it's to engage in better conversations. Welcome to the uncomfortable middle.

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Episode 7: America Through the Eyes of a Proud Immigrant

Episode 7: America Through the Eyes of a Proud Immigrant