in this episode we sit down with dr. anthony ocampo to discuss his book the latinos of asia: how filipino americans break the rules of race. anthony is a filipino-american sociologist, author and educator whose work focuses on race, immigration and lgbtq issues.

we discuss a wide range of relevant topics pertaining to the politics of race in the united states through the filipino-american experience. we talk about the fluid and contextual nature of race, shared panethnic experiences between ethnic groups, fictive kin and family, the intersection between the mixed-race and filipino experience, social power and whiteness, knowledge production in academia, and much more. dr. ocampo also gives us a preview of his next book, to be brown and gay in LA. for more on dr. ocampo visit his website.

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*audio references used in our episode:

- What Does it Mean to be Filipino-American - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED57pUP5YSY

- Growing Up Filipino American - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7baldoHlsMU

- TGIF - Thank God I'm Filipino - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YhxTMX03kE

- I'll check 'other' Regie Cabico TEDxFoggyBottom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHDMLvRYOb8

- Fil-Ams Talk About Being Filipino (Pinoy Angelenos) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5bY6yDGPhg

- YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHO I AM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pBGvTjOFjw

- Growing Up Filipino Our Young Filipino-American Stories - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_fQAjpOu9Y

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in this episode we sit down with mixed-media artist and educator camille hoffman. her work has been featured in museums and galleries across NYC and she's currently teaching at both cooper union and bennington college. our conversation centers on her art, and in the process we discuss topics from the eurocentric legacy of painting, to manifest destiny, to environmental ethics, to the complexity of living in the context of 21st century capitalism. for more of her work, visit the following links:

website // instagram

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in this episode, we sit down with caroline mariko stucky, who is a swiss-japanese cinematographer and director from switzerland. she currently lives in new york. we had a conversation with her about growing up mixed in switzerland, the difficulties with being gay in japan, and how these experiences are expressed in her films– “color/blind” and “us”.

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see more of caroline’s work here: website // instagram

in this episode we sit down with sandra manzanares who is an afro-latina writer and director born in boston, massachusetts, to immigrants from honduras. her short film, like fine silk, has completed its festival circuit and will be online soon. we sat down with sandra to discuss her film as well as her feelings about being afro-latina in the u.s.

our conversation touches upon topics from the politics of black hair, to the african diaspora, afro-latinx representation in the media, the immigrant experience, and radical empathy.

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links to full clips we refer to in this episode:
laz alonso // amara la negra 1 , 2 // elizabeth acevedo

and be sure to check out our written editorial piece on sandra here.

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in this episode we continue our conversation with davy millard who runs an english school and coffee roaster assemblage in west tokyo (@tokyocoffeejp). we talk about how identity in japanese society is centered around the concept of the 'wa', and how it leads to unintended and terrible consequences– like karoshi– which we discussed in the previous episode. following from our discussion on identity, davy shares what it was like growing up mixed in japan.

you don’t want to miss this one!

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check out our 3-part article series on roguture:

roguture, part 1

roguture, part 3

in this episode we have a conversation with davy millard who runs an english school and coffee roaster assemblage in west tokyo (@tokyocoffeejp). we discuss a problem deeply rooted within japanese society, and talk about new classifications for death that stem from japanese work culture. we also discuss how roguture is providing a response to the cycle of violence embedded within japanese work culture.

*ted talk that davy refers to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaqny0ef4yy

check out our 3-part article series on roguture:

roguture, part 1

roguture, part 2

roguture, part 3