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By Kim Noonan
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The podcast currently has 54 episodes available.
When Tiffany Phillips moved to Apple Valley, CA. when she was younger, she got teased all the time about her multiracial appearance. Now she makes her living as an actor playing different kinds of ethnicities. But now that the industry has changed, she has had to rethink how she wants to be fully seen. Tiffany talks to Kim about getting into fights as kid over her unique look, connecting with her black roots in NYC theater and why she decided to produce her web series, Ethnically Ambiguous.
Actress Jennifer Field was born in San Jose, CA. and became Miss Asia America in her early twenties. Jennifer educates Kim about how the Miss Asian America pageant, how it's vastly different from the Miss USA pageant, her affinity for Korean food and culture, and the difficulties of communicating with her Korean mother. Great talk!
Bevin Luna's music is deeply rooted in Memphis, TN and the Dominican Republic. Her unique multicultural upbringing has allowed her to create what she calls a "Rock and Roots" sound. Bevin talks to Kim about navigating life between her southern and Dominican cultures, how it shaped her musical taste and individuality, her desire to leave Memphis as a teen, military service in the family, and the musicians who have influenced her the most. Check out Bevin's band: https://www.bevinluna.com/
Writer and motivational speaker Torrie Sorge grew up in a predominantly white community with her single mother in Ohio where she mastered the art of passing as a white female. She spent a great deal of her life wanting to pass as a white girl because she was ashamed to acknowledge that her biological father was of Afro-Puerto Rican descent. However, it wasn't until the death of George Floyd, where she finally realized that she could no longer hide her ethnic heritage from herself and others. Torrie and Kim center the podcast discussion around the topic of growing up with their white families, how it impacted their sense of belonging, and making peace with their past and present lives.
Actor Shawn Passwaters Decierdo had three different fathers come into his life before he graduated high school. His unusual upbringing was filled with surprises and personal challenges as a result of each father influencing his racial identity. Shawn talks to Kim about accepting his unusual mixed identity and how he has chosen to walk with it in love, rather than hate.
Actress Britney Young talks about growing up in Japan with her biracial family, moving to Alaska and learning about the shocking history of slavery in America, and the value of becoming an advocate for herself after she was bullied in high school. Oh, we also talk about her Netflix hit show, GLOW. Great talk!
Multiracial Whiteboy podcast host Kim Noonan talks about the new biracial head coach of the Miami Dolphins, Mike McDaniel, with Dr. Jenn Noble (Mixed Race Psychologist). Mike is white in presenting, but identified himself as a "human" during his first team press conference. Kim related all too well to McDaniel's discomfort about having to identify your racial identity and discusses with this complicated topic with Dr. Jenn.
Travel & Lifestyle Expert Natalie Preddie grew up in Ontario, Canada, where she spent her weekends at church with the Jamaican side of her family, then the rest of her week with her predominantly white community. Natalie talks about the challenges of navigating between both worlds, feeling lost when she arrived at university, moving to the UK at age 19 to dance, and the guilt associated with her light skin color. Visit Natalie's travel and lifestyle blog @ http://www.nattyponline.com/
Film Producer Isabelo Pascual has fought his entire to life to remove the projection that others have imposed on his Blasian identity. Isabelo talks to Kim about both his parent's legacies (both were immigrants), wanting do more Haitian activism, his starting from scratch worker's mentality, and carving out a successful individual legacy of his own in the U.S.
More about Isabelo @ AlphaPhantana.com (Alpha Phantana LLC) and his Candid Thoughts Podcast.
Fanshen Cox has been featured in the New York Times and on NPR, with OpEds published for Blavity, Shondaland and The Lily. Reared in Cambridge, Massachusetts by a Pan Africanist, Jamaican-born father and white Northwestern mother, Fanshen uses her family’s heritage to spark conversation and challenge notions around race, class and gender. Fanshen talks to Kim about her dedicated work regarding the Hollywood Inclusion Rider, why she's critical of the mixed community, doing theater with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and working with them years later at Pearl Street Films.
The podcast currently has 54 episodes available.