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TJ checks in with her friend, Anastasia, about her experience growing up in New Mexico. Interestingly enough, being multi-racial is such a shared experience but also seems to be one of loneliness... an experience about figuring out one's place in a cross-section of culture and race. While race is a man-made construct, it does not make the impacts of racism or racial divides any less difficult to navigate. Anastasia deals with being both fetishized and simultaneously lumped into a racial group for the ease of others' understanding. Is this experience truly necessary for our family who wants to identify as multi-racial? Have Americans limited ourselves to understanding how a person truly and fully identifies? Either way, Anastasia is on the path to figuring things out and allowing space for her daughter's experience to be whatever she desires it to be. 

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Follow along with Kholi and Dice as we continue part 2 of their conversation; we learn more about Kholi’s upbringing and a very specific experience with a teacher that impacts the way he views himself. Another global citizen, Kholi speaks on his experiences as a black man having lived in 6 different countries. Follow Kholi along to several points in his life, including land distribution in Zimbabwe, making connections in Toronto and where he currently calls home.

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Guest: Kholisile Dhliwayo

Website: https://blackdiasporas.com/  Podcast: "Ngano"   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afrourban.art/

In this two-part interview, Dice interviews his friend, Kholi who shares a bit about his background; we learn about his family, discuss a little about the impact of colonization of the Zimbabwean culture, and even a surprise family member. Kholi shares that because of his mother's upbringing in which she was restricted to only speaking Shona at home, she had to relearn her language at University; Dice is returning to his own roots and a different appreciation for his Zimbabwean culture is reborn. Because understanding one's history always informs your path. Again, a common theme seems to be parallels across the diaspora as we have different experiences but it seems that we're all just trying to figure out exactly, "So... where is home?"

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Guest: Kholisile Dhliwayo 

Website: https://blackdiasporas.com/     Podcast: "Ngano"   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afrourban.art/

Joe is back from season one. Our fearless leader, Etik, dives into a little bit of Joe's background; they talk about everything from kindergarten crushes to women's body hair. Sexual identity is a piece of the conversation and they discuss how sexual orientation impacted their young adulthoods, perceptions of gender roles and how we all develop these thoughts and perceptions of what should be. Keep in mind, this show is for grown folks! So the talk gets real. But it's all for the sake of education and providing insight into other communities which we might otherwise remain ignorant of or ignore. It's important to hear others' experiences and hear something different from your own; you just may understand someone a little bit better.

Etik and Joe agree on this: the self is a shifting thing. Self should be learning, ever-evolving, ever-growing. And just because your self doesn't align with someone else's self, this doesn't negate another's experience.