The AACC Podcast

Author and speaker Tiffany Bluhm joins Raymond Chang and Michelle Ami Reyes to talk about how Scripture helps us deconstruct harmful ideologies and practices that silence Asian American women. In their conversation, they talk about Tiffany's book, "Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell The Truth and How Everyone Can Speak Up!", and what it looks like for Asian American women to truly thrive and be heard.

Tiffany Bluhm is the author of She Dreams and Never Alone and their companion Bible studies. She is cohost of the podcast Why Tho and speaks at conferences and events around the world. Her work has been featured in World Vision magazine and on the YouVersion Bible app, the Hallmark Channel, and the Jenny McCarthy Show. She leads an engaged audience of 50,000 followers online and is committed to encouraging people of faith to live with conviction, substance, and grace. As a minority, immigrant woman with an interracial family, Bluhm is passionate about inviting all to the table of faith, equality, justice, and dignity. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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Hosts: Raymond Chang, Michelle Reyes

Sound engineers: Ashley Hong, Sean Kim

Coordinator: Grace Liu

What should we know about Asian American stereotypes and how can we deconstruct them? Raymond Chang and Michelle Ami Reyes talk with Sherrene Delong about the model minority myth and perpetual foreigner stereotype, and how we can reclaim our cultural identities as individuals and communities.

Sherrene DeLong (MATS, Westminster Seminary California) is working on a PhD in higher education at Azusa Pacific University. She is a contributor to All Are Welcome: Toward a Multi-Everything Church and Hear Us Emmanuel: Another Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation, and Unity in the Church, and has written for TGC, the enCourage blog, Made for Pax, and elsewhere. Sherrene works at the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. She enjoys handwriting letters and having too many books to read.

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Sound engineer: Iris Kim, Sean Kim

Coordinator Grace Liu

How can our cultural identity inform our resistance to the status quo? Is there a biblical precedent for reclaiming cultural identity? Raymond Chang and Michelle Reyes talk to Robert Chao Romero, author of the upcoming book Brown Church (InterVarsity Press), about the role of the church planting in advancing justice and what it means to have an ethos of compassion.

Robert Chao Romero (PhD, University of California at Los Angeles; JD, University of California at Berkeley) is an associate professor in the Departments of Chicana/o Studies and Asian American Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles. He is the author of the award-winning The Chinese in Mexico, 1882-1940, Jesus for Revolutionaries: An Introduction to Race, Social Justice, and Christianity, and Mixed Race Student Politics.

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How do we construct our cultural identity? What does it mean to celebrate it? How does having a mixed ethnic identity contribute to our understanding of being Asian American? Ray and Michelle chat with Chandra Crane, author of Mixed Blessing, about cultural inheritance, multiethnicity, and reclaiming an Asian identity.

Chandra Crane (B.S. Education, M.A. Ministry) is the Multiethnic Initiatives Mixed Ministry Coordinator with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and a member of the multiethnic Redeemer Church in Jackson, Mississippi. Growing up in a multiethnic/multicultural family in the Southwest and now happily transplanted to the Deep South, Chandra is passionate about diversity and family. She is a Regular Contributor for Dordt University's In All Things and has written for The Witness: A Black Christian Collective and InterVarsity's The Well. Chandra is the author of Mixed Blessing: Embracing the Fullness of Your Multiethnic Identity from InterVarsity Press (2020).

Learn more about Chandra Crane:

https://chandracrane.com

Get your copy of Mixed Blessing and listen to Chandra on IVP's Every Voice Now:

https://www.ivpress.com/mixed-blessing

https://www.ivpress.com/every-voice-now/podcast/season-1/episode-2

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How do we navigate the cultural differences between our parents, our children, and us? What kinds of bonds exist between first- and second-generation Asian Americans? What kinds of disconnections arise? Ray and Michelle sit down with Tasha Jun to talk about family history, reclaiming her Korean American identity, and the role of cultural identity in her adoption journey.

Tasha Jun is a melancholy dreamer, a biracial Korean American storyteller, wife to Matt, and mama to three little warriors. As long as she can remember, she's lived and stood in places where cultures collide. Writing has always been the way God has led her towards home and the hope of shalom. You can find her on Instagram (www.instagram.com/tashajunb), sign up to stay in touch and receive her free monthly notes on belonging, cultural identity, life, and faith here (https://mailchi.mp/97f670c037aa/notesfromtasha) and find more of her writing over at tashajun.com.

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Where do the roots of our cultural identities lie? How do we square our ethnicities with our status as those grafted into God’s people? Can ethnic nationalism be a force for positive change?

Join Raymond Chang and Hanmee Kim as they talk about history, the applicability of the American racial framework to Asian societies, and much more.

Hanmee Kim is Assistant Professor of History at Wheaton College. Her research interests include Americanism in Korea, Korea-U.S. diplomatic/cultural/intellectual interactions (1866-1945), and Korean students in the U.S. (1884-1960). Her work is published in Positions: Asia Critique, and she is currently working on a book manuscript on the development of Americanism in Korea.

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Host: Raymond Chang

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AACC President Raymond Chang and Vice President Michelle Reyes introduce the theme of our second season on reclaiming cultural identity. This season will focus on questions including: What is cultural identity, and what does it mean to be Asian American? Each episode will highlight special guests on topics ranging from fighting stereotypes to unique cultural expressions of faith.

In this episode, the hosts discuss why Asian American Christians should care about these issues and explain the biblical framework for understanding cultural identity.

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Sound engineers: Ashley Hong, Sean Kim

Coordinator: Grace Liu

Raymond Chang and Michelle Reyes talk with Jeff Liou about Critical Race Theory: What is it? How do we engage with CRT from a biblical framework? Why do so many Christians think it's unbiblical? And what unique perspectives can Asian Americans offer within conversations on CRT? Dr. Jeff Liou is an Anti-Racism Resource Specialist at AACC. He also serves on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship as Director of Theological Formation. He has also worked as a pastor, university chaplain, and adjunct professor. He earned his PhD from Fuller Theological Seminary, where he studied the intersection of race and theology. Jeff has contributed chapters to books on Asian American Christianity and ethics in pastoral ministry. Jeff lives in Southern California with his wife, Lisa, and their two children.

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Sound engineers: Ashley Hong, Sean Kim

Coordinator: Grace Liu

What does the intersection of justice and political engagement look like Biblically? What should this mean for the Asian American Christian community right now? Raymond Chang and Michelle Reyes sit down with Dr. Russell Jeung, author and professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, to talk about Biblical political engagement and to reflect on Asian American involvement in the recent election.

Dr. Russell Jeung is a professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University and the author of several books and articles on race and religion, including, Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans (Oxford Univ Press, 2019); Moving Movers: Student Activism and the Emergence of Asian American Studies (UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 2019); and At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors (Zondervan, 2016). In 2020, he launched Stop AAPI Hate, a project of Chinese for Affirmative Action, the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council, and SF State Asian American Studies. It tracks COVID-19 related discrimination in order to develop community resources and policy interventions to fight racism.

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How can we approach global missions in a way that is just, peaceful, and whole? Why should Asian American Christians care about justice within global missions? Raymond Chang and Michelle Reyes sit down with Sam George, Director of Global Diaspora Institute at Wheaton College Billy Graham Center and Catalyst for Diasporas for the Lausanne Movement. They talk about a Biblical framework for justice in missions, stories of notable Asian American missionaries who declared the gospel in word and deed, and practical ways we can work toward a more just approach to missions.

Sam George, PhD is the Director of Global Diaspora Institute at Wheaton College Billy Graham Center and also serves as the Catalyst for Diasporas for the Lausanne Movement. Of Asian Indian descent, Sam has lived in five countries and engaged in research and teaching in regard to global migration, diaspora mission, and World Christianity. He has authored or edited a dozen books and the most recent one is titled Asian Diaspora Christianity: Globalizing of Asian Christianity and Asianizing of Global Christianity (Fortress 2021). He lives with his wife and two high school boys in the northern suburbs of Chicago.

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Hosts: Raymond Chang, Michelle Reyes

Sound Engineers: Ashley Hong, Sean Kim

Coordinator: Grace Liu