Episode description
Episode description
Today's guest is Nicole Zhao, a native New Yorker who will talk about the importance of antiracist education. We have lots of history on structural inequities, systemic racism, and the different experiences within Asian immigrant communities and across racial groups. We grew up in very different communities and Asian American experiences. I was NOT woke at all in high school, and Nicole went to a high school that required standardized testing and an application to get in! We, unfortunately, both have Trump supporting parents. How do you talk to parents about that, and take into consideration how their immigration stories have shaped their beliefs? We also recount some racism and micro aggressions we’ve faced.
(2:00) - Nicole's introduction. The diverse community in Queens.
(2:30) - How did growing up NYC vs. California shape political beliefs?
(6:15) - What is a specialized high school?
(10:45) - Education on the history of the U.S. should be embedded in the K through 12 system.
(11:45) - Asian American history is erased from social studies.
(12:00) - The Page act and how laws shaped racial stereotypes about Asians today.
(14:40) - Importance of gender studies.
(15:30) - How Nancy was a republican misogynist and racist in high school and college changed that.
(22:00) - Classes in college that were life changing.
(24:00) - Asian solidarity and the formation of Asian American as a political and racial group.
(25:00) - Asian Black Solidarity and taking to Asian parents about #blacklivesmatter. (32:30) - Trump supporting Asian Parents. Why immigrants like Trump.
(37:00) - Different ideals of America from immigrant parents.
(40:00) - Racial identity as a west coast Asian.
(41:30) - Facing racism and microaggressions in college, sorority rush, running, and work.
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